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Topher White: What can save the rainforest? Your used cell phone
Topher White: 如何拯救热带雨林？——你的旧手机
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热带雨林的声音包括：鸟类的啁啾，蝉的嗡嗡声，长臂猿的戏谑。但背景里几乎总是有非法伐木者的电锯声音。工程师 Topher White与我们分享了一个简单的，可扩展的方式来制止这种野蛮的森林砍伐 ——使用你的旧手机。
Topher White - Conservation technologist
Through his startup Rainforest Connection, Topher White transforms used cell phones into guardians of the rainforest. Full bio
Through his startup Rainforest Connection, Topher White transforms used cell phones into guardians of the rainforest. Full bio
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00:12
(Rainforest noises)
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（热带雨林的声音）
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In the summer of 2011,
as a tourist,
as a tourist,
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在2011年的夏天，
作为一名旅游者，
作为一名旅游者，
00:25
I visited the rainforests of Borneo
for the very first time,
for the very first time,
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我第一次参观了
婆罗洲的热带雨林，
婆罗洲的热带雨林，
00:29
and as you might imagine,
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正如你可能会想象，
00:31
it was the overwhelming sounds
of the forest that struck me the most.
of the forest that struck me the most.
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森林无法抗拒的声音
给我下了最深刻的印象。
给我下了最深刻的印象。
就是这种持续不断的喧闹的声音。
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There's this constant cacophony of noise.
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00:39
Some things actually do stick out.
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但有些东西的确非常引人注意。
例如，这是一只很大的鸟，
名叫犀鸟。
名叫犀鸟。
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For example, this here is a big bird,
a rhinoceros hornbill.
a rhinoceros hornbill.
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00:46
This buzzing is a cicada.
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这嗡嗡的声音是蝉声。
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This is a family of gibbons.
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这是一个长臂猿家族，
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It's actually singing to each other
over a great distance.
over a great distance.
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它们其实在对彼此唱歌，
隔着很远的距离。
隔着很远的距离。
这个地方实际上是
一个长臂猿保护区，
一个长臂猿保护区，
00:59
The place where this was recorded
was in fact a gibbon reserve,
was in fact a gibbon reserve,
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01:02
which is why you can hear so many of them,
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这就是为什么你能
听到这么多的声音，
听到这么多的声音，
01:04
but in fact the most important noise that
was coming out of the forest that time
was coming out of the forest that time
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但实际上那个时候最重要的噪声
是来自森林外，
是来自森林外，
01:09
was one that I didn't notice,
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我当时却并没注意到，
01:10
and in fact nobody there
had actually noticed it.
had actually noticed it.
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事实上，那里也根本没有人
注意到这种声音。
注意到这种声音。
因此，正如我所说，
这是一个长臂猿保护区。
这是一个长臂猿保护区。
01:14
So, as I said, this was a gibbon reserve.
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他们花了大部分的时间，
重建长臂猿保护区，
重建长臂猿保护区，
01:16
They spend most of their time
rehabilitating gibbons,
rehabilitating gibbons,
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01:19
but they also have
to spend a lot of their time
to spend a lot of their time
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但他们也花了很多时间
保护他们的地区周边
不遭受非法砍伐。
不遭受非法砍伐。
01:21
protecting their area from illegal logging
that takes place on the side.
that takes place on the side.
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如果我们弱化森林的声音，
01:25
And so if we take the sound of the forest
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01:27
and we actually turn down the gibbons,
the insects, and the rest,
the insects, and the rest,
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我们调低长臂猿，
昆虫和其它的声音,
昆虫和其它的声音,
01:31
in the background, the entire time,
in recordings you heard,
in recordings you heard,
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在这个背景下，整个时间段内，
你听到的这个录音
你听到的这个录音
01:34
was the sound of a chainsaw
at great distance.
at great distance.
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是电锯的声音，
从很远的地方传来。
从很远的地方传来。
他们有三个全职警卫，
被派驻在整个保护区周围，
被派驻在整个保护区周围，
01:38
They had three full-time guards
who were posted around this sanctuary
who were posted around this sanctuary
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01:42
whose job was in fact
to guard against illegal logging,
to guard against illegal logging,
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他们的工作实际上
是防范非法采伐，
是防范非法采伐，
01:46
and one day, we went walking,
again as tourists, out into the forest,
again as tourists, out into the forest,
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有一天，我们再次作为旅游者
走进这个森林，
走进这个森林，
01:50
and within five minutes' walk,
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在五分钟的步行路程里，
01:52
we stumbled upon somebody
who was just sawing a tree down,
who was just sawing a tree down,
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我们意外发现有人
正把树锯断，
正把树锯断，
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five minutes' walk, a few hundred meters
from the ranger station.
from the ranger station.
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五分钟步行路程，
离护林站几百米。
离护林站几百米。
他们一直没能听到电锯声，
01:58
They hadn't been able
to hear the chainsaws,
to hear the chainsaws,
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因为你们能听到森林的声音
是非常嘈杂的。
是非常嘈杂的。
02:01
because as you heard,
the forest is very, very loud.
the forest is very, very loud.
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我觉得这是非常难以接受的，
在当今这个时代，
在当今这个时代，
02:04
It struck me as quite unacceptable
that in this modern time,
that in this modern time,
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just a few hundred meters away
from a ranger station in a sanctuary,
from a ranger station in a sanctuary,
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距离一个保护区的护林站仅数百米，
02:13
that in fact nobody could hear it when
someone who has a chainsaw gets fired up.
someone who has a chainsaw gets fired up.
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竟然没有人能听到有人启动了电锯。
02:17
It sounds impossible,
but in fact, it was quite true.
but in fact, it was quite true.
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这听起来不可能，
但实际上却是事实。
但实际上却是事实。
02:21
So how do we stop illegal logging?
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那么我们要如何制止非法采伐呢？
02:23
It's really tempting, as an engineer,
always to come up with a high-tech,
always to come up with a high-tech,
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这真的很让人激动，作为一名
工程师，总是想到高科技，
工程师，总是想到高科技，
02:26
super-crazy high-tech solution,
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超级疯狂的高科技解决方式。
02:28
but in fact, you're in the rainforest.
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但实际上，你在热带雨林里。
能够采用的方法必须是简单的，
能大范围应用的，
能大范围应用的，
02:30
It has to be simple,
it has to be scalable,
it has to be scalable,
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02:33
and so what we also noticed
while were there was that
while were there was that
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我们也注意到，在这个地方
我们需要的每件东西
其实都唾手可得。
其实都唾手可得。
02:36
everything we needed was already there.
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02:38
We could build a system
that would allow us to stop this
that would allow us to stop this
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我们可以建立一个系统，
使我们能够阻止非法砍伐，
使我们能够阻止非法砍伐，
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using what's already there.
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仅仅利用天然的条件。
02:43
Who was there? What was
already in the forest?
already in the forest?
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谁在那里？
森林里有哪些现成的条件？
森林里有哪些现成的条件？
那里有人。
02:45
Well, we had people.
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02:46
We had this group there that was
dedicated, three full-time guards,
dedicated, three full-time guards,
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我们已经有三名敬业的专职警卫，
会竭力阻止非法砍伐，
02:50
that was dedicated to go and stop it,
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但他们首先需要知道
在森林里发生了什么事。
在森林里发生了什么事。
02:51
but they just needed to know
what was happening out in the forest.
what was happening out in the forest.
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02:54
The real surprise, this is the big one,
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有一件重要的事情非常出人意料，
02:56
was that there was connectivity
out in the forest.
out in the forest.
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那就是森林与外界之间可以建立连接。
有移动电话服务，
在这种偏僻的地方很不寻常。
在这种偏僻的地方很不寻常。
02:59
There was cell phone service
way out in the middle of nowhere.
way out in the middle of nowhere.
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我们谈论的地方距离
最近的公路也有数百公里，
最近的公路也有数百公里，
03:02
We're talking hundreds of kilometers
from the nearest road,
from the nearest road,
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03:05
there's certainly no electricity,
but they had very good cell phone service,
but they had very good cell phone service,
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肯定没有电，
但他们有很好的手机通讯服务，
但他们有很好的手机通讯服务，
小镇里的人们一直挂在Facebook上，
03:08
these people in the towns
were on Facebook all the time,
were on Facebook all the time,
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在手机上浏览网页，
03:11
they're surfing the web on their phones,
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03:13
and this sort of got me thinking
that in fact it would be possible
that in fact it would be possible
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这种情况不禁让我想到，
事实上是有可能
事实上是有可能
利用森林的声音，
03:16
to use the sounds of the forest,
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03:18
pick up the sounds
of chainsaws programmatically,
of chainsaws programmatically,
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按照程序指示提取电锯的声音，
因为人们听不到这种声音，
03:20
because people can't hear them,
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再发出警报。
03:22
and send an alert.
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03:24
But you have to have a device
to go up in the trees.
to go up in the trees.
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但是，你必须有
一个装置能固定在树上。
一个装置能固定在树上。
03:26
So if we can use some device
to listen to the sounds of the forest,
to listen to the sounds of the forest,
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所以，如果我们可以用
一些装置采集森林的声音，
一些装置采集森林的声音，
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connect to the cell phone
network that's there,
network that's there,
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并连接到那里的手机网络，
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and send an alert to people on the ground,
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再发送警报给地面上的人，
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perhaps we could have a solution
to this issue for them.
to this issue for them.
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也许我们就有了一个
对付非法砍伐的解决办法。
对付非法砍伐的解决办法。
03:38
But let's take a moment
to talk about saving the rainforest,
to talk about saving the rainforest,
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不过让我们再花点时间
谈论一下拯救热带雨林，
谈论一下拯救热带雨林，
我们肯定早就已经有所了解。
03:41
because it's something that we've
definitely all heard about forever.
definitely all heard about forever.
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03:45
People in my generation
have heard about saving the rainforest
have heard about saving the rainforest
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我们这一代人在小时候
就已经听说过关于拯救
就已经听说过关于拯救
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since we were kids,
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热带雨林的话题，
似乎这种信息从未改变：
03:50
and it seems that the message
has never changed:
has never changed:
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We've got to save the rainforest,
it's super urgent,
it's super urgent,
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我们必须拯救热带雨林，
情况非常危急，
情况非常危急，
在过去的时间内，相当于这么多
足球场的雨林面积已经遭到破坏,
足球场的雨林面积已经遭到破坏,
03:54
this many football fields
have been destroyed yesterday.
have been destroyed yesterday.
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03:57
and yet here we are today,
about half of the rainforest remains,
about half of the rainforest remains,
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到今天为止，热带雨林的面积
大约只剩下一半，
大约只剩下一半，
04:00
and we have potentially more urgent
problems like climate change.
problems like climate change.
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我们可能还有更迫切的问题，
例如气候变化。
例如气候变化。
04:05
But in fact, this is the little-known fact
that I didn't realize at the time:
that I didn't realize at the time:
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但事实上，有一件鲜为人知的事实，
我当时并不知道：
我当时并不知道：
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Deforestation accounts
for more greenhouse gas
for more greenhouse gas
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砍伐森林导致了更多
温室气体的排放，
温室气体的排放，
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than all of the world's planes,
trains, cars, trucks and ships combined.
trains, cars, trucks and ships combined.
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超过世界上所有的飞机，火车，
汽车，卡车和船只的排放总和。
汽车，卡车和船只的排放总和。
这是导致气候变化第二大的诱因。
04:16
It's the second highest contributor
to climate change.
to climate change.
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还有，根据国际刑警组织提供的信息，
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Also, according to Interpol,
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as much as 90 percent of the logging
that takes place in the rainforest
that takes place in the rainforest
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高达90％的发生在热带雨林的伐木
都是非法伐木，
就像我们之前看到的那种情况。
就像我们之前看到的那种情况。
04:25
is illegal logging,
like the illegal logging that we saw.
like the illegal logging that we saw.
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04:29
So if we can help people in the forest
enforce the rules that are there,
enforce the rules that are there,
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因此，如果我们能帮助护林员
加强警戒和监督，
加强警戒和监督，
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then in fact we could eat heavily
into this 17 percent
into this 17 percent
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实际上，我们可以
大量削减这17％的数字，
大量削减这17％的数字，
04:37
and potentially have a major impact
in the short term.
in the short term.
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并有可能在短时间内产生重大影响。
04:39
It might just be the cheapest,
fastest way to fight climate change.
fastest way to fight climate change.
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这可能是最廉价快速应对
气候变化的方法。
气候变化的方法。
04:44
And so here's the system that we imagine.
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这就是我们想象中的系统。
它看起来超高科技。
04:46
It looks super high tech.
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此刻电锯的声音
在森林中被采集，
在森林中被采集，
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The moment a sound of a chainsaw
is heard in the forest,
is heard in the forest,
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the device picks up the sound
of the chainsaw,
of the chainsaw,
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该装置接收了电锯声，
并通过现成的标准GSM网络发送警报，
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it sends an alert through the standard
GSM network that's already there
GSM network that's already there
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04:56
to a ranger in the field
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通知现场的护林员，
04:58
who can in fact show up in real time
and stop the logging.
and stop the logging.
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让他们可以及时赶到制止非法伐木行为。
05:01
It's no more about going out
and finding a tree that's been cut.
and finding a tree that's been cut.
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不再需要四处寻找已经被砍掉的树。
05:05
It's not about seeing
a tree from a satellite
a tree from a satellite
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也不需要通过卫星观察
05:07
in an area that's been clear cut,
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某个区域有一颗树被砍下了，
而是要实现实时干预。
05:09
it's about real-time intervention.
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05:11
So I said it was the cheapest
and fastest way to do it,
and fastest way to do it,
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所以我刚才说了，这是能实现这个目的
最廉价快捷的方式，
最廉价快捷的方式，
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but in fact, actually, as you saw,
they weren't able to do it,
they weren't able to do it,
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但事实上，正如你们看到的，
它们还做不到这一点，
它们还做不到这一点，
所以这种方法可能不会这么便宜和快速。
05:17
so it may not be so cheap and fast.
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但是，如果在树上的这些装置
实际上是手机，
实际上是手机，
05:19
But if the devices in the trees
were actually cell phones,
were actually cell phones,
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它就可能相当便宜。
05:22
it could be pretty cheap.
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每年有数以亿计的手机被扔掉，
05:24
Cell phones are thrown away
by the hundreds of millions every year,
by the hundreds of millions every year,
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仅在美国就有上亿，
05:28
hundreds of millions in the U.S. alone,
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not counting the rest of the world,
which of course we should do,
which of course we should do,
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更不要说世界上的其它地方，
当然，这么做没什么问题，
当然，这么做没什么问题，
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but in fact, cell phones are great.
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不过事实上，手机可是个好东西。
它们内置了很多传感器。
05:36
They're full of sensors.
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05:37
They can listen
to the sounds of the forest.
to the sounds of the forest.
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它们可以听到森林里的声音。
我们还需要保护它们。
05:39
We do have to protect them.
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我们必须把它们放在
现在看到的这种盒子里，
现在看到的这种盒子里，
05:41
We have to put them in this box
that you see here,
that you see here,
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还要给他们充电。
05:43
and we do have to power them.
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05:45
Powering them is one of the greater
engineering challenges
engineering challenges
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充电是我们必须应对的较大的
05:47
that we had to deal with,
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工程学挑战之一，
05:49
because powering a cell phone
under a tree canopy,
under a tree canopy,
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因为在树冠下给手机充电，
05:51
any sort of solar power
under a tree canopy,
under a tree canopy,
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任何一种树冠以下的太阳能发电
05:54
was an as-yet-unsolved problem,
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都是一个尚未解决的难题。
05:56
and that's this unique
solar panel design that you see here,
solar panel design that you see here,
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这种独特的太阳能电池板设计，
你们现在看到的，
你们现在看到的，
实际上也是通过回收一个工业过程中
的副产品建立起来的。
的副产品建立起来的。
05:58
which in fact is built also from recycled
byproducts of an industrial process.
byproducts of an industrial process.
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这些是被切割成条之后的样子。
06:03
These are strips that are cut down.
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So this is me putting it all together
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我就像这样把它们拼装在一起，
06:09
in my parents' garage, actually.
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其实是在父母的车库里。
非常感谢他们的支持和理解。
06:11
Thanks very much to them
for allowing me to do that.
for allowing me to do that.
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06:13
As you can see,
this is a device up in a tree.
this is a device up in a tree.
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你们现在看到的是固定在
一棵树上的装置。
一棵树上的装置。
06:18
What you can see from here, perhaps,
is that they are pretty well obscured
is that they are pretty well obscured
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从这个角度可能看得到，
其实它们被遮挡得很好，
其实它们被遮挡得很好，
06:21
up in the tree canopy at a distance.
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就在距离很远的树冠上。
06:23
That's important, because although
they are able to hear chainsaw noises
they are able to hear chainsaw noises
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（挂在树冠上）这点很重要，因为虽然
它们能接收电锯的声音，
它们能接收电锯的声音，
最远可以达到1公里，
06:27
up to a kilometer in the distance,
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这样它们就可以覆盖
约3平方公里的区域，
约3平方公里的区域，
06:28
allowing them to cover
about three square kilometers,
about three square kilometers,
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但如果有人把它们取走，
就会导致该区域不在保护范围之内。
就会导致该区域不在保护范围之内。
06:31
if someone were to take them,
it would make the area unprotected.
it would make the area unprotected.
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06:35
So does it actually work?
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那么它真的能起作用吗？
06:38
Well, to test it,
we took it back to Indonesia,
we took it back to Indonesia,
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为了进行测试，
我们把它带回了印尼，
我们把它带回了印尼，
不在同一个的地方，
而在另外一处，
而在另外一处，
06:41
not the same place, but another place,
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06:43
to another gibbon reserve
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另一个长臂猿保护区，
每天都会受到非法采伐的威胁。
06:44
that was threatened daily
by illegal logging.
by illegal logging.
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第二天，它就接收到
了非法电锯伐木的声音。
了非法电锯伐木的声音。
06:48
On the very second day, it picked up
illegal chainsaw noises.
illegal chainsaw noises.
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06:52
We were able to get a real-time alert.
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我们能够收到实时警报，
06:54
I got an email on my phone.
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我在手机上收到
一个电子邮件。
一个电子邮件。
06:55
Actually, we had just climbed the tree.
Everyone had just gotten back down.
Everyone had just gotten back down.
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事实上，我们刚爬上了树，
每个人又返回下来。
每个人又返回下来。
所有这些人都在吸烟，
06:59
All these guys are smoking cigarettes,
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07:01
and then I get an email,
and they all quiet down,
and they all quiet down,
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然后我收到一封邮件，
他们都安静下来，
他们都安静下来，
07:04
and in fact you can hear the chainsaw
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事实上，你可以听到背景音中
07:06
really, really faint in the background,
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真的有微弱的电锯声，
但没有人注意到它，
直到接到警报的那一刻。
直到接到警报的那一刻。
07:08
but no one had noticed it
until that moment.
until that moment.
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于是我们立刻起身去
直接阻止这些伐木工，
直接阻止这些伐木工，
07:11
And so then we took off
to actually stop these loggers.
to actually stop these loggers.
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我当时很紧张。
07:14
I was pretty nervous.
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这会儿我们其实已经
抵达了伐木工所在地的附近。
抵达了伐木工所在地的附近。
07:15
This is the moment where we've actually
arrived close to where the loggers are.
arrived close to where the loggers are.
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此时此刻你们可以看出来，
在那里我已经开始后悔
在那里我已经开始后悔
07:20
This is the moment where you can see
where I'm actually regretting
where I'm actually regretting
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之前的所有努力，
07:23
perhaps the entire endeavor.
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07:25
I'm not really sure what's on
the other side of this hill.
the other side of this hill.
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我真的不知道这座山的
另一边是什么状况。
另一边是什么状况。
那家伙比我勇敢得多。
07:27
That guy's much braver than I am.
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07:29
But he went, so I had to go, walking up,
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但他去了，我不得不跟着，
往山上爬，
往山上爬，
07:34
and in fact, he made it over the hill,
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事实上，他翻过去了，
07:36
and interrupted the loggers in the act.
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直接制止了伐木工的行动。
07:39
For them, it was such a surprise --
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这完全出乎了他们的意料——
07:41
they had never, ever
been interrupted before --
been interrupted before --
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之前他们从来不曾被中途制止过——
07:43
that it was such an impressive
event for them,
event for them,
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这让他们印象十分深刻，
我们已经从合作伙伴里听说，
他们没有再回来过。
他们没有再回来过。
07:45
that we've heard from our partners
they have not been back since.
they have not been back since.
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事实上，他们（伐木工）人都不错。
07:48
They were, in fact, great guys.
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他们给我们展示了
整个操作过程，
整个操作过程，
07:50
They showed us how
the entire operation works,
the entire operation works,
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他们在现场就让我们真正确信了，
07:52
and what they really convinced us
on the spot was that
on the spot was that
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07:55
if you can show up
in real time and stop people,
in real time and stop people,
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如果你能当场现身阻止人们伐木，
07:57
it's enough of a deterrent
they won't come back.
they won't come back.
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这就是一个足够的威慑，
他们不会再回来。
他们不会再回来。
08:01
So --
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所以 ——
谢谢。（掌声）
08:03
Thank you. (Applause)
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08:09
Word of this spread, possibly
because we told a lot of people,
because we told a lot of people,
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这件事传播开了，可能
因为我们告诉了很多人，
因为我们告诉了很多人，
08:13
and in fact, then some really
amazing stuff started to happen.
amazing stuff started to happen.
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事实上，有些令人
惊讶的事开始发生了。
惊讶的事开始发生了。
08:16
People from around the world
started to send us emails, phone calls.
started to send us emails, phone calls.
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来自世界各地的人们开始
给我们发邮件和打电话。
给我们发邮件和打电话。
08:20
What we saw was that people
throughout Asia,
throughout Asia,
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我们看到的是，
整个亚洲，
整个亚洲，
08:22
people throughout Africa,
people throughout South America,
people throughout South America,
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整个非洲，
整个南美洲的人们，
整个南美洲的人们，
08:25
they told us that they could use it too,
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他们告诉我们他们也
可以使用这种装置，
可以使用这种装置，
08:27
and what's most important,
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最重要的是，
我们发现，
当初我们认为可能极不寻常的是，
当初我们认为可能极不寻常的是，
08:28
what we'd found that
we thought might be exceptional,
we thought might be exceptional,
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08:31
in the forest there was
pretty good cell phone service.
pretty good cell phone service.
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在森林里有相当不错的手机服务。
不过我们被告知这一点也不稀奇，
08:33
That was not exceptional, we were told,
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08:35
and that particularly is on the periphery
of the forests that are most under threat.
of the forests that are most under threat.
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特别是在森林的周边地区，
那里受到的威胁最大。
那里受到的威胁最大。
08:39
And then something
really amazing happened,
really amazing happened,
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有些神奇的事情真的发生了，
08:41
which was that people started sending us
their own old cell phones.
their own old cell phones.
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人们开始寄来自己的旧手机。
08:45
So in fact what we have now is a system
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所以，事实上我们现在有一个系统，
我们可以利用地面上的人，
已经在那里的人，
已经在那里的人，
08:47
where we can use people on the ground,
people who are already there,
people who are already there,
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他们能够同时改进和
使用现有的连接，
使用现有的连接，
08:50
who can both improve
and use the existing connectivity,
and use the existing connectivity,
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08:53
and we're using old cell phones
that are being sent to us
that are being sent to us
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我们也同时在使用来自世界各地的人们
贡献的旧手机，
08:56
by people from around the world
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他们希望自己的手机能够发挥余热，
08:57
that want their phones to be doing
something else in their afterlife,
something else in their afterlife,
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可以这么说。
09:01
so to speak.
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如果其余部分的装置
可以完全回收利用，
可以完全回收利用，
09:01
And if the rest of the device
can be completely recycled,
can be completely recycled,
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我们相信，这就是一个
完全升级了的回收装置。
完全升级了的回收装置。
09:04
then we believe it's
an entirely upcycled device.
an entirely upcycled device.
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09:07
So again, this didn't come
because of any sort of high-tech solution.
because of any sort of high-tech solution.
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那么，这并不是什么高科技的解决方案，
09:11
It just came from using
what's already there,
what's already there,
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它只是利用现有的材料，
而且我完全相信，
即便不用手机，
即便不用手机，
09:13
and I'm thoroughly convinced
that if it's not phones,
that if it's not phones,
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09:16
that there's always
going to be enough there
going to be enough there
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也总会有足够的材料
09:18
that you can build similar solutions
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让你可以建立类似的解决方案，
在新的环境中同样会十分有效。
09:20
that can be very effective
in new contexts.
in new contexts.
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09:22
Thank you very much.
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非常感谢。
（鼓掌）
09:24
(Applause)
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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