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The Big Idea Funding Forest Conservation | Andika Putraditama | TED

Palm oil is in nearly every commodity you use — food, shampoo, makeup and more — but harvesting this essential material has contributed to the destruction of millions of hectares of forests globally. Sustainability leader Andika Putraditama shares how a groundbreaking collaboration between conservationists and global brands is turning this crisis on its head, unlocking…

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Palm oil is in nearly every commodity you use — food, shampoo, makeup and more — but harvesting this essential material has contributed to the destruction of millions of hectares of forests globally. Sustainability leader Andika Putraditama shares how a groundbreaking collaboration between conservationists and global brands is turning this crisis on its head, unlocking a new model for forest preservation. Discover a vision for preserving the forests still standing and restoring the ones we’ve lost. (Recorded at TED Countdown: Overcoming Dilemmas in the Green Transition on October 30, 2024)

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14 Comments

  1. @clipsedit-1-n1

    October 21, 2025 at 11:01 am

    1st commemt

  2. @ryu9879

    October 21, 2025 at 11:08 am

    2nd comment

  3. @ArloMayo

    October 21, 2025 at 11:18 am

    3rd comment

  4. @katherinemoore52

    October 21, 2025 at 11:19 am

    Thank you for this important talk!

  5. @masukkannamaa

    October 21, 2025 at 11:35 am

    Keren bang❤❤❤

  6. @Mazlooooooo

    October 21, 2025 at 11:39 am

    …Not Nottingham Forest. Wrong Video. Look what you’ve done to me Ange.

  7. @angelXchino9

    October 21, 2025 at 12:05 pm

    !!!!!!

  8. @AvazbekAbdumannopov-r1n

    October 21, 2025 at 2:27 pm

    Good

  9. @PlasticBank

    October 21, 2025 at 3:37 pm

    It’s incredible to see collaboration turn a crisis into a solution! Even in the middle of a global crisis, collaboration can turn destruction into regeneration 🙌

  10. @Rustam-w3v

    October 21, 2025 at 3:38 pm

    Willie Smits is the only solution for Indonesia’s Eco what i truly see. Others, including me – we simply still have “the ideas”. So the most efficient is to find a way to support his projects or better join them

  11. @Jasonxbr

    October 21, 2025 at 7:07 pm

    Greed and corruption will doom humanity and all life on this planet 😢😢😢😢😢😢

  12. @amsff1

    October 22, 2025 at 2:34 am

    Any person from Pakistan

  13. @anklesoncredentials

    October 22, 2025 at 5:25 am

    Find the people responsible and take them away from everything

  14. @lifemotivation6789

    October 22, 2025 at 7:51 am

    This is such an important reminder 🌍 — fighting climate change isn’t just about cutting emissions from factories or cars. It’s about protecting the lungs of our planet — our forests, peatlands, and mangroves. These ecosystems store massive amounts of carbon, and every tree lost pushes us further from balance. Real change means responsible production, conscious consumption, and restoring what we’ve already destroyed. Nature doesn’t need us to save it — it needs us to stop destroying it.

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Why Snowflake is no longer just a data warehouse

Snowflake is betting that the future of AI isn’t just analyzing data, it’s acting on it. That means a shift away from chatbots and toward autonomous agents that can actually get work done. And Snowflake is reorganizing fast to keep up, from shipping hundreds of AI features to restructuring teams along the way. On this…

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Snowflake is betting that the future of AI isn’t just analyzing data, it’s acting on it. That means a shift away from chatbots and toward autonomous agents that can actually get work done. And Snowflake is reorganizing fast to keep up, from shipping hundreds of AI features to restructuring teams along the way.

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