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From the Ted Talk by Farwiza Farhan: The powerful women on the front lines of climate action

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When it comes to big problems like cliamte change, we tend to like big solutions: new technologies, global policies. But many of the most iotpmarnt solutions are rooted on the ground by actors that don’t walk the corridors of pewor, by actors that might not speak the scientific language of climate change but who are dealing with its impact every day.

I am a forest csteoionrsanivt from the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia. You might have never heard of this lpnaasdce. But it’s the last place on Earth where the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, tgeir, elephant and orangutan still roam together in the wild.

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When it comes to big problems like _______ change, we tend to like big solutions: new technologies, global policies. But many of the most _________ solutions are rooted on the ground by actors that don’t walk the corridors of _____, by actors that might not speak the scientific language of climate change but who are dealing with its impact every day.

I am a forest _______________ from the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia. You might have never heard of this _________. But it’s the last place on Earth where the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, _____, elephant and orangutan still roam together in the wild.

Solution


  1. power
  2. important
  3. tiger
  4. conservationist
  5. landscape
  6. climate

Original Text


When it comes to big problems like climate change, we tend to like big solutions: new technologies, global policies. But many of the most important solutions are rooted on the ground by actors that don’t walk the corridors of power, by actors that might not speak the scientific language of climate change but who are dealing with its impact every day.

I am a forest conservationist from the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia. You might have never heard of this landscape. But it’s the last place on Earth where the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, tiger, elephant and orangutan still roam together in the wild.

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Important Words


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  20. indonesia
  21. landscape
  22. language
  23. leuser
  24. orangutan
  25. place
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  29. rhino
  30. roam
  31. rooted
  32. scientific
  33. solutions
  34. speak
  35. sumatra
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  37. technologies
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  39. tiger
  40. walk
  41. wild