Farwiza Farhan
Environmental Activist | Protecting Indonesia's Forests
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Farwiza Farhan is an environmental activist dedicated to safeguarding Indonesia's precious rainforests. As the Chairperson of the HAkA Foundation, she leads efforts to protect the Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth.
Farwiza's TED Talk on the importance of community-based conservation has reached over 1. 5 million views, shining a light on the threat of deforestation.
With a Master's degree in Environmental Management, she brings a science-backed, grassroots approach to her keynotes, empowering audiences to take action and become guardians of the natural world.
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The powerful women on the front lines of climate action
When it comes to big problems like climate change, we tend to focus on big solutions -- but many of the best ideas come from people on the ground, facing day-to-day conservation battles. Sharing her effort to protect the Leseur ecosystem in Indonesia (the last place on Earth where the Sumatran rhino, tiger, elephant and orangutan still roam together in the wild), TED Fellow and conservationist Farwiza Farhan explains the challenges women face on the front lines of forest preservation within patriarchal societies -- and the resilient, world-changing power they hold.
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