Hero of the Congo Forest
Corneille Ewango

Corneille Ewango tells the story of how he became a botanist and how he strived hard to preserve plant species despite their being ravaged by the wars in Congo.

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Corneille Ewango: Hero of the Congo Forest

June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)

Corneille Ewango tells the story of how he became a botanist and how he strived hard to preserve plant species despite their being ravaged by the wars in Congo.

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Source: TED

Richard Preston: The Giant Trees

February 1, 2008 (about 16 years ago)

In this talk, Writer Richard Preston tells us about Giant Trees. He talks to us about the Redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, the tallest living organisms on earth. He also says that these trees are like individual living ecosystems that we still have very limited knowledge about.

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Source: TED

Nalini Nadkarni: Conserving the Canopy

February 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)

In this talk, Tree Researcher Nalini Nadkarni tells us about conserving the canopy. She leads us on a journey of how it is like at the forest canopy that hosts such immense biodeiversity. She shows us her various projects that reach out to very different groups outside the scientific world. She a...

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Source: TED

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