How to restore a rainforest by Willie Smits

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.

Click on the link below to watch his TED talk in Long Beach, California from February 2009:

http://www.ted.com/talks/willie_smits_restores_a_rainforest