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Topher White: What can save the rainforest? Your used cell phone
Topher White: Ce-ar putea salva pădurea tropicală? Vechiul tău celular
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Sunetele pădurilor tropicale cuprind larma păsărilor, bâzâitul cicadelor și urletele gibonilor. Dar în fundal se poate auzi, aproape totdeauna, sunet de drujbă de la tăieri ilegale. Inginerul Topher White prezintă o modalitate simplă, replicabilă, de a stopa aceste brutale despăduriri — pornind de la vechiul tău celular.
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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(Sunete din pădurea tropicală)
00:21
In the summer of 2011,
as a tourist,
as a tourist,
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În vara anului 2011, ca turist,
00:25
I visited the rainforests of Borneo
for the very first time,
for the very first time,
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am vizitat pentru prima dată
pădurile tropicale din Borneo
pădurile tropicale din Borneo
00:29
and as you might imagine,
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și, după cum vă imaginaţi,
am fost frapat de sunetele acesteia.
am fost frapat de sunetele acesteia.
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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E o constantă cacofonie de sunete.
00:36
There's this constant cacophony of noise.
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Unele ies în evidență.
00:39
Some things actually do stick out.
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De exemplu, aceasta e o pasăre mare,
pasărea rinocer.
pasărea rinocer.
00:42
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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Acesta e bâzâitul unei cicade.
00:51
This is a family of gibbons.
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Asta e o familie de giboni
care își cântă de la mare distanță.
care își cântă de la mare distanță.
00:54
It's actually singing to each other
over a great distance.
over a great distance.
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Sunetul a fost înregistrat
într-o rezervație de giboni,
într-o rezervație de giboni,
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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de-aia se aud atâţia,
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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dar cel mai important sunet
care venea atunci din pădure
care venea atunci din pădure
01:09
was one that I didn't notice,
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era unul pe care nu l-am auzit,
de fapt, nimeni de acolo nu-l observase.
de fapt, nimeni de acolo nu-l observase.
01:10
and in fact nobody there
had actually noticed it.
had actually noticed it.
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01:14
So, as I said, this was a gibbon reserve.
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În rezervația de giboni
se ocupau preponderent
se ocupau preponderent
01:16
They spend most of their time
rehabilitating gibbons,
rehabilitating gibbons,
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cu reabilitarea gibonilor,
dar alocau mult timp
dar alocau mult timp
01:19
but they also have
to spend a lot of their time
to spend a lot of their time
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01:21
protecting their area from illegal logging
that takes place on the side.
that takes place on the side.
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și pentru a le proteja arealul
de tăierile ilegale de acolo.
de tăierile ilegale de acolo.
Dacă din înregistrarea pădurii
scoatem gibonii, insectele şi restul,
scoatem gibonii, insectele şi restul,
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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01:31
in the background, the entire time,
in recordings you heard,
in recordings you heard,
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mereu se aude în surdină,
la mare distanţă, o drujbă.
la mare distanţă, o drujbă.
01:34
was the sound of a chainsaw
at great distance.
at great distance.
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Erau trei paznici permanenți
postați la limita rezervației
postați la limita rezervației
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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a căror treabă era
să o apere de tăierile ilegale.
să o apere de tăierile ilegale.
Într-o zi, plimbându-ne
ca turiştii prin pădure,
ca turiştii prin pădure,
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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01:50
and within five minutes' walk,
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la nici cinci minute de mers,
am dat peste cineva care tăia un copac,
am dat peste cineva care tăia un copac,
01:52
we stumbled upon somebody
who was just sawing a tree down,
who was just sawing a tree down,
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01:55
five minutes' walk, a few hundred meters
from the ranger station.
from the ranger station.
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la 5 minute, câteva sute de metri
de postul de pază.
de postul de pază.
01:58
They hadn't been able
to hear the chainsaws,
to hear the chainsaws,
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N-a auzit drujba pentru că pădurea
e zgomotoasă, cum aţi auzit.
e zgomotoasă, cum aţi auzit.
02:01
because as you heard,
the forest is very, very loud.
the forest is very, very loud.
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02:04
It struck me as quite unacceptable
that in this modern time,
that in this modern time,
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Mi s-a părut inacceptabil
ca în vremurile noastre moderne,
ca în vremurile noastre moderne,
02:08
just a few hundred meters away
from a ranger station in a sanctuary,
from a ranger station in a sanctuary,
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la câteva sute de metri de postul de pază,
într-o rezervație, nimeni nu aude drujba.
într-o rezervație, nimeni nu aude drujba.
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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02:17
It sounds impossible,
but in fact, it was quite true.
but in fact, it was quite true.
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Pare imposibil, dar e chiar adevărat.
02:21
So how do we stop illegal logging?
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Cum oprim tăierile ilegale?
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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E foarte tentant, ca inginer, să găsești
o super-soluție high-tech năzdrăvană.
o super-soluție high-tech năzdrăvană.
02:26
super-crazy high-tech solution,
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Dar, fiind în pădurea tropicală,
soluţia trebuia să fie simplă,
soluţia trebuia să fie simplă,
02:28
but in fact, you're in the rainforest.
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02:30
It has to be simple,
it has to be scalable,
it has to be scalable,
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şi uşor de îmbunătăţit.
02:33
and so what we also noticed
while were there was that
while were there was that
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Am observat că aveam deja
tot ce ne trebuia.
tot ce ne trebuia.
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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Puteam face un sistem
prin care să oprim asta,
prin care să oprim asta,
02:41
using what's already there.
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folosind resursele existente.
02:43
Who was there? What was
already in the forest?
already in the forest?
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Pe cine aveam?
Ce aveam deja în pădure?
Ce aveam deja în pădure?
02:45
Well, we had people.
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Păi, aveam oamenii.
02:46
We had this group there that was
dedicated, three full-time guards,
dedicated, three full-time guards,
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Aveam grupul de 3 paznici permanenți,
hotărâți să stopeze tăierea copacilor,
hotărâți să stopeze tăierea copacilor,
02:50
that was dedicated to go and stop it,
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doar că trebuiau să afle cumva
ce se întâmpla în pădure.
ce se întâmpla în pădure.
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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Adevărata surpriză, mare, a fost
că aveam conectivitate acolo, în pădure.
că aveam conectivitate acolo, în pădure.
02:56
was that there was connectivity
out in the forest.
out in the forest.
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Era serviciu de mobil acolo,
în mijlocul junglei.
în mijlocul junglei.
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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03:02
We're talking hundreds of kilometers
from the nearest road,
from the nearest road,
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Eram la sute de km
de cel mai apropiat drum,
de cel mai apropiat drum,
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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unde nu era curent electric,
dar aveau semnal foarte bun,
dar aveau semnal foarte bun,
03:08
these people in the towns
were on Facebook all the time,
were on Facebook all the time,
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în orașe, oamenii erau
pe Facebook tot timpul,
pe Facebook tot timpul,
03:11
they're surfing the web on their phones,
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navigau pe Internet de pe telefoane.
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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Asta mi-a dat idea să mă folosesc
de sunetele pădurii,
de sunetele pădurii,
03:16
to use the sounds of the forest,
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să detectez prin programe
sunetele de drujbă
sunetele de drujbă
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pick up the sounds
of chainsaws programmatically,
of chainsaws programmatically,
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pe care oamenii nu le pot detecta
şi să trimit o alertă prin telefon.
şi să trimit o alertă prin telefon.
03:20
because people can't hear them,
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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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Aparatura trebuia urcată în copaci.
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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Am putea folosi un aparat
cu care să ascultăm sunetele pădurii,
cu care să ascultăm sunetele pădurii,
03:30
connect to the cell phone
network that's there,
network that's there,
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să-l conectăm la rețeaua
de telefonie existentă
de telefonie existentă
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and send an alert to people on the ground,
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și să alertăm personalul de teren,
găsind astfel soluţia problemei lor.
găsind astfel soluţia problemei lor.
03:34
perhaps we could have a solution
to this issue for them.
to this issue for them.
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03:38
But let's take a moment
to talk about saving the rainforest,
to talk about saving the rainforest,
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Să vorbim puţin despre
salvarea pădurilor tropicale
salvarea pădurilor tropicale
pentru că despre asta
am tot auzit de când ne știm.
am tot auzit de când ne știm.
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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Generația mea a auzit
de salvarea pădurilor tropicale
de salvarea pădurilor tropicale
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since we were kids,
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de când eram copii,
și se pare că mesajul e același:
și se pare că mesajul e același:
03:50
and it seems that the message
has never changed:
has never changed:
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„Trebuie, super-urgent,
salvate pădurile tropicale”,
salvate pădurile tropicale”,
03:52
We've got to save the rainforest,
it's super urgent,
it's super urgent,
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„ieri s-au defrişat suprafeţe
de atâtea terenuri de fotbal”.
de atâtea terenuri de fotbal”.
03:54
this many football fields
have been destroyed yesterday.
have been destroyed yesterday.
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Totuși, iată că azi mai avem doar jumătate
din pădurea tropicală
din pădurea tropicală
03:57
and yet here we are today,
about half of the rainforest remains,
about half of the rainforest remains,
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and we have potentially more urgent
problems like climate change.
problems like climate change.
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și probleme mai urgente,
cum e schimbarea climatică.
cum e schimbarea climatică.
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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Faptul mai puțin cunoscut,
de care nu eram conștient atunci,
de care nu eram conștient atunci,
04:09
Deforestation accounts
for more greenhouse gas
for more greenhouse gas
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e că despăduririle dau
mai multe gaze cu efect de seră
mai multe gaze cu efect de seră
04:12
than all of the world's planes,
trains, cars, trucks and ships combined.
trains, cars, trucks and ships combined.
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decât avioanele, trenurile, mașinile,
camioanele și vapoarele împreună.
camioanele și vapoarele împreună.
Sunt pe locul doi în ce priveşte
schimbarea climatică.
schimbarea climatică.
04:16
It's the second highest contributor
to climate change.
to climate change.
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Totodată, după Interpol,
04:18
Also, according to Interpol,
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04:21
as much as 90 percent of the logging
that takes place in the rainforest
that takes place in the rainforest
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90% din tăierile din pădurile tropicale
sunt ilegale,
sunt ilegale,
04:25
is illegal logging,
like the illegal logging that we saw.
like the illegal logging that we saw.
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cum era și cea pe care am văzut-o.
Dacă îi putem ajuta pe oameni
să aplice legea în pădure,
să aplice legea în pădure,
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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04:33
then in fact we could eat heavily
into this 17 percent
into this 17 percent
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putem reduce mult aceste 17%
și probabil vom avea un impact major
într-un timp scurt.
într-un timp scurt.
04:37
and potentially have a major impact
in the short term.
in the short term.
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04:39
It might just be the cheapest,
fastest way to fight climate change.
fastest way to fight climate change.
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Posibil să fie cea mai rapidă și ieftină
cale de luptă cu schimbarea climatică.
cale de luptă cu schimbarea climatică.
04:44
And so here's the system that we imagine.
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Iată sistemul imaginat.
Pare tehnologie super-înaltă.
Pare tehnologie super-înaltă.
04:46
It looks super high tech.
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04:48
The moment a sound of a chainsaw
is heard in the forest,
is heard in the forest,
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Când porenşte drujba,
aparatul detectează sunetul,
aparatul detectează sunetul,
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the device picks up the sound
of the chainsaw,
of the chainsaw,
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04:52
it sends an alert through the standard
GSM network that's already there
GSM network that's already there
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alertează, prin rețeaua GSM existentă,
pe paznicul din teren
pe paznicul din teren
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to a ranger in the field
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04:58
who can in fact show up in real time
and stop the logging.
and stop the logging.
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care poate interveni în timp real
și poate opri delictul.
și poate opri delictul.
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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Nu se merge în pădure la numărat cioate.
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It's not about seeing
a tree from a satellite
a tree from a satellite
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Nu te mai uiți din satelit la singurul copac
rămas după o defrişare.
rămas după o defrişare.
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in an area that's been clear cut,
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05:09
it's about real-time intervention.
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E intervenție în timp real.
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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Am zis că e cea mai
rapidă și ieftină cale,
rapidă și ieftină cale,
05:14
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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dar, după cum ați văzut,
ei n-au reuşit s-o facă,
ei n-au reuşit s-o facă,
deci e posibil să nu fie rapid și ieftin.
05:17
so it may not be so cheap and fast.
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05:19
But if the devices in the trees
were actually cell phones,
were actually cell phones,
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Dar dacă aparatele din copaci
ar fi celulare, ar putea fi foarte ieftin.
ar fi celulare, ar putea fi foarte ieftin.
05:22
it could be pretty cheap.
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În fiecare an, aruncăm
sute de milioane de celulare,
sute de milioane de celulare,
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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05:28
hundreds of millions in the U.S. alone,
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sute de milioane doar în SUA,
05:30
not counting the rest of the world,
which of course we should do,
which of course we should do,
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fără să socotim restul lumii,
cum ar trebui,
cum ar trebui,
05:33
but in fact, cell phones are great.
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dar, de fapt, celularele sunt bune.
05:36
They're full of sensors.
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Sunt pline de senzori.
Pot asculta pădurea.
Pot asculta pădurea.
05:37
They can listen
to the sounds of the forest.
to the sounds of the forest.
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Trebuie protejate, puse în cutia
ce se vede aici și alimentate.
ce se vede aici și alimentate.
05:39
We do have to protect them.
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05:41
We have to put them in this box
that you see here,
that you see here,
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05:43
and we do have to power them.
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Powering them is one of the greater
engineering challenges
engineering challenges
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Alimentarea a fost una
din marile provocări pe care le-am avut
din marile provocări pe care le-am avut
05:47
that we had to deal with,
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because powering a cell phone
under a tree canopy,
under a tree canopy,
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pentru că alimentarea
unui celular sub coronament,
unui celular sub coronament,
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any sort of solar power
under a tree canopy,
under a tree canopy,
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orice fel de alimentare solară
sub coronament e o problemă.
sub coronament e o problemă.
05:54
was an as-yet-unsolved problem,
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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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Vedeţi proiectul panoului solar
construit tot din resturi,
construit tot din resturi,
05:58
which in fact is built also from recycled
byproducts of an industrial process.
byproducts of an industrial process.
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ale unui proces industrial.
Aici sunt benzile care se taie.
06:03
These are strips that are cut down.
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06:05
So this is me putting it all together
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Aici sunt eu, montând totul
în garajul părinților.
în garajul părinților.
06:09
in my parents' garage, actually.
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Le mulțumesc foarte mult
pentru că mi-au dat voie.
pentru că mi-au dat voie.
06:11
Thanks very much to them
for allowing me to do that.
for allowing me to do that.
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Vedeți aici dispozitivul în copac.
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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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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Poate observaţi că-s destul de camuflate
de coronament şi de distanţa de la sol.
de coronament şi de distanţa de la sol.
06:21
up in the tree canopy at a distance.
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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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E important pentru că,
deși detectează sunetul drujbei
deși detectează sunetul drujbei
06:27
up to a kilometer in the distance,
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pe o rază de aproape 1 kilometru,
acoperind cam 3 km pătraţi,
acoperind cam 3 km pătraţi,
06:28
allowing them to cover
about three square kilometers,
about three square kilometers,
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if someone were to take them,
it would make the area unprotected.
it would make the area unprotected.
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dacă-s înlăturate,
suprafața rămâne descoperită.
suprafața rămâne descoperită.
06:35
So does it actually work?
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Dar chiar funcționează?
06:38
Well, to test it,
we took it back to Indonesia,
we took it back to Indonesia,
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Pentru testare, le-am dus înapoi
în Indonezia, în alt loc,
în Indonezia, în alt loc,
06:41
not the same place, but another place,
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to another gibbon reserve
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într-o altă rezervație de giboni
periclitată zilnic de tăieri ilegale.
periclitată zilnic de tăieri ilegale.
06:44
that was threatened daily
by illegal logging.
by illegal logging.
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On the very second day, it picked up
illegal chainsaw noises.
illegal chainsaw noises.
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Chiar a doua zi s-a înregistrat
zgomot de drujbă, ilegal.
zgomot de drujbă, ilegal.
06:52
We were able to get a real-time alert.
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Am fost alertați în timp real.
Am primit e-mail pe celular.
Am primit e-mail pe celular.
06:54
I got an email on my phone.
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Actually, we had just climbed the tree.
Everyone had just gotten back down.
Everyone had just gotten back down.
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Abia ce urcasem în copac.
Toţi restul coborâseră şi fumau.
Toţi restul coborâseră şi fumau.
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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Primesc un e-mail și toţi fac linişte.
07:04
and in fact you can hear the chainsaw
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Se auzea drujba, foarte încet în fundal,
dar nimeni n-o auzise până atunci.
dar nimeni n-o auzise până atunci.
07:06
really, really faint in the background,
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but no one had noticed it
until that moment.
until that moment.
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07:11
And so then we took off
to actually stop these loggers.
to actually stop these loggers.
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Apoi am pornit să-i oprim efectiv.
Eram puțin nervos.
Eram puțin nervos.
07:14
I was pretty nervous.
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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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Aici eram aproape de locul
unde erau tăietorii.
unde erau tăietorii.
07:20
This is the moment where you can see
where I'm actually regretting
where I'm actually regretting
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Aici se vede că aproape regretam
întreagul demers,
întreagul demers,
07:23
perhaps the entire endeavor.
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I'm not really sure what's on
the other side of this hill.
the other side of this hill.
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neştiind ce ne aşteaptă peste deal.
Tipul e mult mai curajos decât mine.
Tipul e mult mai curajos decât mine.
07:27
That guy's much braver than I am.
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But he went, so I had to go, walking up,
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A pornit, aşa că
a trebuit să urc dealul după el.
a trebuit să urc dealul după el.
A trecut dealul
şi i-a întrerupt pe tăietori.
şi i-a întrerupt pe tăietori.
07:34
and in fact, he made it over the hill,
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07:36
and interrupted the loggers in the act.
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07:39
For them, it was such a surprise --
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Au fost foarte surprinşi pentru că
nimeni nu-i mai oprise până atunci.
nimeni nu-i mai oprise până atunci.
07:41
they had never, ever
been interrupted before --
been interrupted before --
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I-a impresionat atât de mult încât,
– ne-au spus ai noştri –
– ne-au spus ai noştri –
07:43
that it was such an impressive
event for them,
event for them,
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that we've heard from our partners
they have not been back since.
they have not been back since.
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de atunci n-au mai apărut.
Erau de treabă. Ne-au arătat
cum se desfăşoară tot procesul
cum se desfăşoară tot procesul
07:48
They were, in fact, great guys.
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07:50
They showed us how
the entire operation works,
the entire operation works,
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și ne-au convins la faţa locului,
07:52
and what they really convinced us
on the spot was that
on the spot was that
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că dacă apari chiar atunci și îi oprești,
ajunge ca să nu se mai întoarcă.
ajunge ca să nu se mai întoarcă.
07:55
if you can show up
in real time and stop people,
in real time and stop people,
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07:57
it's enough of a deterrent
they won't come back.
they won't come back.
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08:01
So --
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Deci...
(Aplauze)
(Aplauze)
Mulțumesc.
(Aplauze)
(Aplauze)
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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Vestea s-a răspândit, probabil
pentru că spusesem multora.
pentru că spusesem multora.
08:13
and in fact, then some really
amazing stuff started to happen.
amazing stuff started to happen.
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Apoi s-a întâmplat ceva uluitor.
Oameni din toată lumea au început
să trimită e-mailuri, să dea telefoane.
să trimită e-mailuri, să dea telefoane.
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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Oameni din toată Asia, Africa
şi America de Sud,
şi America de Sud,
08:20
What we saw was that people
throughout Asia,
throughout Asia,
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08:22
people throughout Africa,
people throughout South America,
people throughout South America,
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ne spuneau că și ei
au nevoie de aşa ceva.
au nevoie de aşa ceva.
08:25
they told us that they could use it too,
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08:27
and what's most important,
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Cel mai important lucru:
crezusem că e excepţional
crezusem că e excepţional
08:28
what we'd found that
we thought might be exceptional,
we thought might be exceptional,
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că în păduri era semnal destul de bun.
Ni s-a spus că nu e excepțional
Ni s-a spus că nu e excepțional
08:31
in the forest there was
pretty good cell phone service.
pretty good cell phone service.
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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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și că semnal e mai ales la liziera pădurii
care e cea mai periclitată.
care e cea mai periclitată.
08:39
And then something
really amazing happened,
really amazing happened,
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Apoi s-a întâmplat ceva uimitor:
08:41
which was that people started sending us
their own old cell phones.
their own old cell phones.
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oamenii au început să ne trimită
vechile telefoane mobile.
vechile telefoane mobile.
08:45
So in fact what we have now is a system
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Acum avem un sistem în care folosim
oamenii din teren, care deja sunt acolo,
oamenii din teren, care deja sunt acolo,
08:47
where we can use people on the ground,
people who are already there,
people who are already there,
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care pot utiliza și îmbunătăți conexiunea,
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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și folosim celularele vechi,
trimise de oamenii din întreaga lume,
trimise de oamenii din întreaga lume,
08:56
by people from around the world
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ca telefoanele lor să fie utile
în „viața de apoi”, să zic așa.
în „viața de apoi”, să zic așa.
08:57
that want their phones to be doing
something else in their afterlife,
something else in their afterlife,
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Dacă restul aparaturii
poate fi reciclat în întregime,
poate fi reciclat în întregime,
09:01
so to speak.
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And if the rest of the device
can be completely recycled,
can be completely recycled,
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se poate spune că e o aparatură
în întregime reciclabilă.
în întregime reciclabilă.
09:04
then we believe it's
an entirely upcycled device.
an entirely upcycled device.
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Să recapitulez, asta nu e
vreo soluție high-tech.
vreo soluție high-tech.
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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09:11
It just came from using
what's already there,
what's already there,
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A apărut din utilizarea
a ceea ce exista deja
a ceea ce exista deja
09:13
and I'm thoroughly convinced
that if it's not phones,
that if it's not phones,
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și sunt 100% convins că,
dacă nu cu celulare,
dacă nu cu celulare,
vor fi totdeauna destule lucruri
09:16
that there's always
going to be enough there
going to be enough there
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cu care se pot obține soluții similare,
foarte eficiente în noul context.
foarte eficiente în noul context.
09:18
that you can build similar solutions
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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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Mulțumesc mult.
(Aplauze)
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