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From the Ted Talk by Willie Smits: How to restore a rainforest
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(Applause)
No. No. No. Wrong. It's horrible. It's a proof of our failing to save them in the wild. It's not good. This is merely proof of everyone fliiang to do the right thing. Having more than all the orangutans in all the zoos in the world together, just now like victims for every baby, six have disappeared from the fsroet.
The deforestation, especially for oil palm, to provide biofuel for wtresen countries is what's causing these problems. And those are the peat swamp fertoss on 20 meters of peat, the largest alcomictauun of organic maetrail in the world. When you open this for growing oil palms you're creating CO2 volcanoes that are eiinmttg so much CO2 that my country is now the third largest emitter of greenhouse gesass in the world, after China and the United States. And we don't have any industry at all — it's only because of this deforestation.
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No. No. No. Wrong. It's horrible. It's a proof of our failing to save them in the wild. It's not good. This is merely proof of everyone _______ to do the right thing. Having more than all the orangutans in all the zoos in the world together, just now like victims for every baby, six have disappeared from the ______.
The deforestation, especially for oil palm, to provide biofuel for _______ countries is what's causing these problems. And those are the peat swamp _______ on 20 meters of peat, the largest ____________ of organic ________ in the world. When you open this for growing oil palms you're creating CO2 volcanoes that are ________ so much CO2 that my country is now the third largest emitter of greenhouse ______ in the world, after China and the United States. And we don't have any industry at all — it's only because of this deforestation.
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Original Text
(Applause)
No. No. No. Wrong. It's horrible. It's a proof of our failing to save them in the wild. It's not good. This is merely proof of everyone failing to do the right thing. Having more than all the orangutans in all the zoos in the world together, just now like victims for every baby, six have disappeared from the forest.
The deforestation, especially for oil palm, to provide biofuel for Western countries is what's causing these problems. And those are the peat swamp forests on 20 meters of peat, the largest accumulation of organic material in the world. When you open this for growing oil palms you're creating CO2 volcanoes that are emitting so much CO2 that my country is now the third largest emitter of greenhouse gasses in the world, after China and the United States. And we don't have any industry at all — it's only because of this deforestation.
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