# How to restore a rainforest

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2009
- Speaker: Willie Smits
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/willie_smits_how_to_restore_a_rainforest)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

By piecing together a complex ecological puzzle, biologist Willie Smits believes he has found a way to re-grow clearcut rainforest in Borneo, saving local orangutans — and creating a thrilling blueprint for restoring fragile ecosystems. NOTE: The core content of this talk has been challenged on a number of grounds. For details, and Willie Smits' response, please see "A challenge to Willie Smits' talk" below.

## Lectures

1. [How to restore a rainforest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/willie_smits_how_to_restore_a_rainforest/285de28ff9a9), 21 min (TED's player)