Topher White: What can save the rainforest? Your used cell phone
Topher White: Yağmur ormanını ne kurtarabilir? Cevap eski cep telefonunuz
Through his startup Rainforest Connection, Topher White transforms used cell phones into guardians of the rainforest. Full bio
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as a tourist,
for the very first time,
ilk defa ziyaret ettim.
of the forest that struck me the most.
yoğun sesleri oldu.
a rhinoceros hornbill.
gergedan boynuzgaganın sesi.
over a great distance.
birbirlerine şarkı söylüyorlar.
was in fact a gibbon reserve,
koruma bölgesi, o yüzden
was coming out of the forest that time
en önemlisi
had actually noticed it.
rehabilitating gibbons,
rehabilite ederek
to spend a lot of their time
bölgeyi yasa dışı
that takes place on the side.
uğraşıyorlar.
the insects, and the rest,
diğer bütün sesleri sustursak,
in recordings you heard,
boyunca duyacağınız şey
at great distance.
testerenin sesi olurdu.
who were posted around this sanctuary
ormanı yasadışı ağaç kesimine
to guard against illegal logging,
üç korumaları vardı,
again as tourists, out into the forest,
doğru yürüyüşe çıkmıştık,
who was just sawing a tree down,
from the ranger station.
beş dakikalık yürüme mesafesinde!
to hear the chainsaws,
çok gürültülü
the forest is very, very loud.
duyamıyorlardı.
that in this modern time,
sadece bir kaç yüz metre uzakta,
from a ranger station in a sanctuary,
kimsenin duyamamış olması
someone who has a chainsaw gets fired up.
but in fact, it was quite true.
always to come up with a high-tech,
yüksek teknoloji içeren bir
it has to be scalable,
ölçeklenebilir olmalı.
while were there was that
ihtiyacımız olan her şeyin
that would allow us to stop this
bir sistem geliştirip,
already in the forest?
neler vardı?
dedicated, three full-time guards,
bu kıyıma son vermeye
what was happening out in the forest.
olduğundan haberdar olmaktı.
out in the forest.
bağlantı olmasıydı.
way out in the middle of nowhere.
bağlantısı vardı.
from the nearest road,
uzaklıktan bahsediyorum,
but they had very good cell phone service,
telefon sinyali var
were on Facebook all the time,
devamlı Facebook'talar,
that in fact it would be possible
of chainsaws programmatically,
programlı şekilde ayırt edip
to go up in the trees.
koyulacak bir alet lazımdı.
to listen to the sounds of the forest,
dinleyen bir aletimiz olsa
network that's there,
ağına bağlasak
to this issue for them.
to talk about saving the rainforest,
kurtarmaktan bahsedelim
definitely all heard about forever.
beri duyduğu bir şey.
have heard about saving the rainforest
biz bunu çocukluğumuzdan beri
has never changed:
değişmiyor gibi:
it's super urgent,
bu çok acil bir konu,
have been destroyed yesterday.
kadar bir kısım yok edildi'
about half of the rainforest remains,
ormanlarının yarısı kadarı duruyor
problems like climate change.
önemli ve acil sorunlarımız var.
that I didn't realize at the time:
noktanın farkında değildim:
for more greenhouse gas
uçakların, arabaların,
trains, cars, trucks and ships combined.
daha fazla sera gazından sorumlu.
to climate change.
ikinci büyük sebebi.
yağmur ormanlarındaki
that takes place in the rainforest
tıpkı bizim rastladığımız gibi
like the illegal logging that we saw.
enforce the rules that are there,
uygulamalarına yardım edebilirsek
into this 17 percent
azaltabilir ve kısa vadede
in the short term.
fastest way to fight climate change.
en hızlı ve en ucuz yolu olabilirdi.
is heard in the forest,
duyulur duyulmaz,
of the chainsaw,
GSM network that's already there
and stop the logging.
bildirim yolluyor.
and finding a tree that's been cut.
kesildiğine şahit olmalarına veya
a tree from a satellite
and fastest way to do it,
they weren't able to do it,
were actually cell phones,
cep telefonu olsaydı
by the hundreds of millions every year,
cep telefonu, her yıl
which of course we should do,
bahsetmem gerekir ama kısacası
to the sounds of the forest.
that you see here,
koymamız gerekiyor,
engineering challenges
sorunlarının
under a tree canopy,
telefon şarj etmek
under a tree canopy,
enerjisinden yararlanmak
solar panel design that you see here,
güneş enerjisi paneli de yine
byproducts of an industrial process.
yan ürünleriyle yapıldı.
for allowing me to do that.
izin verdikleri için.
this is a device up in a tree.
aleti görüyorsunuz.
is that they are pretty well obscured
ne olduklarını anlamanın
they are able to hear chainsaw noises
mesafeden testere sesini
about three square kilometers,
kapsıyorlar ama
it would make the area unprotected.
bu alan korunmasız kalır.
we took it back to Indonesia,
Endonezya'ya götürdük,
by illegal logging.
başka bir gibon koruma bölgesine.
illegal chainsaw noises.
seslerini almaya başladı.
alabiliyorduk.
Everyone had just gotten back down.
Herkes vazgeçmişti.
and they all quiet down,
ve herkes sustu
until that moment.
to actually stop these loggers.
durdurmak için yola çıktık.
arrived close to where the loggers are.
yaklaştığımız an.
where I'm actually regretting
the other side of this hill.
emin değilim.
zorundaydım,
müdahale etti.
been interrupted before --
event for them,
bir olaydı ki,
they have not been back since.
bir daha geri dönmemişler.
the entire operation works,
işleyişini anlattılar,
on the spot was that
in real time and stop people,
they won't come back.
caydırıcılıkta olduğuna ikna ettiler.
because we told a lot of people,
çok kişiye anlattığımzdan,
amazing stuff started to happen.
yaşanmaya başladı.
started to send us emails, phone calls.
aramaya, e-postalar yollamaya başladı.
throughout Asia,
Afrika'nın,
people throughout South America,
insanlar kendilerinin de
we thought might be exceptional,
pretty good cell phone service.
of the forests that are most under threat.
ormanların çevrelerinde bulunuyormuş.
really amazing happened,
their own old cell phones.
yollamaya başladılar.
people who are already there,
kullanıp hem geliştirebilecek
and use the existing connectivity,
ve dünyanın her yerinden,
that are being sent to us
sonraki hayatlarında da
something else in their afterlife,
oluşan bir
can be completely recycled,
olabilirse,
an entirely upcycled device.
olacak.
because of any sort of high-tech solution.
yüksek teknoloji ürünü değil, sadece
what's already there,
dayalı bir çözümdü.
that if it's not phones,
telefonlar olmasa da
going to be enough there
in new contexts.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Topher White - Conservation technologistThrough his startup Rainforest Connection, Topher White transforms used cell phones into guardians of the rainforest.
Why you should listen
In 2012, Topher White founded Rainforest Connection, a startup which converts recycled cell-phones into solar-powered listening devices to monitor and protect remote areas of the rainforest. Now an established NGO, Rainforest Connection has helped stop illegal logging and poaching operations in Sumatra, and the system is being expanded to three more rainforest reserves in Indonesia, the Amazon and Africa.
With a background in physics and engineering, White worked as web chief of ITER and co-founded Enthuse, a sports engagement and mobile rewards platform. For Rainforest Connection, he’s fashioned a simple device made of discarded cell phones and solar panels that detects and sends alerts when it picks up the sound of chainsaws in protected rainforests, allowing for intervention in real time.
Topher White | Speaker | TED.com