Hopeful lessons from the battle to save rainforests

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JANUARY 9, 2015 TODAY’S TED TALK Tasso Azevedo: Hopeful lessons from the battle to save rainforests 15:16 minutes · TEDGlobal 2014 "Save the rainforest” is an environmental slogan as old as time — but Tasso Azevedo catches us up on how the fight is actually going these days. Spurred by the jaw-dropping losses of the 1990s, new laws (and transparent data) are helping slow the rate of deforestation in Brazil. Is it enough? Not yet. He has five ideas about what we should do next. And he asks if the lessons learned in Brazil could be applied to an even bigger problem: global climate change. Watch now » PLAYLIST OF THE DAY The global power shift Big-picture talks about global politics and the shifting weight of the world. Watch » 11 talks · Total run time 3:12:25