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Palm oil is in nearly every commodity you use — food, shampoo, makeup and more — but the harvesting of this essential material has contributed to the destruction of millions of hectares of forests globally. Sustainability expert Andika Putraditama has an ambitious plan to turn this crisis on its head, funding forest conservation with money from the very companies that make the greatest raw material impact. Hear his vision for preserving the forests still standing, restoring the ones we’ve lost — and making sure we don’t miss the forest for the trees.

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