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Willie Smits ripristina una foresta pluviale.

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TED2009

• February 2009

Ricomponendo i pezzi di un puzzle ecologico complesso, il biologo Willie Smits ha trovato un modo per ripristinare zone di foresta tropicale discoboscate nel Borneo, salvando così gli orangotango locali e creando un interessante paradigma per il ripristino di ecosistemi fragili.

Ricomponendo i pezzi di un puzzle ecologico complesso, il biologo Willie Smits ha trovato un modo per ripristinare zone di foresta tropicale discoboscate nel Borneo, salvando così gli orangotango locali e creando un interessante paradigma per il ripristino di ecosistemi fragili.

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Conservationist

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Willie Smits has devoted his life to saving the forest habitat of orangutans, the "thinkers of the jungle." As towns, farms and wars encroach on native forests, Smits works to save what is left.

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A challenge to Willie Smits' talk

Conservation scientist Erik Meijaard critiques "How to restore a rainforest." Read his letter and Smits' response.

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