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Willie Smits restaura uma floresta tropical

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Juntando as peças de um complexo quebra-cabeça ecológico, o biólogo Willie Smits encontrou uma maneira de voltar a crescer uma floresta tropical desmatada em Bornéu salvando os orangotangos do local e criando um eletrizante plano para restaurar ecossistemas frágeis.

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. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Joao Moraes
Reviewed by Lucia Freitas
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