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Willie Smits restaura un bosque tropical

Al unir las piezas de un complejo rompecabezas ecológico, el biólogo Willie Smits ha encontrado una forma de hacer crecer bosques tropicales talados en Borneo, rescatando a los orangutanes locales -- y creando un emocionante plano para restaurar ecosistemas frágiles.

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Al unir las piezas de un complejo rompecabezas ecológico, el biólogo Willie Smits ha encontrado una forma de hacer crecer bosques tropicales talados en Borneo, rescatando a los orangutanes locales -- y creando un emocionante plano para restaurar ecosistemas frágiles.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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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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