Farwiza Farhan: The powerful women on the front lines of climate action
When it comes to big problems like climate change, we tend to focus on big solutions -- but many of the best ideas come from people on the ground, facing day-to-day conservation battles. Sharing her effort to protect the Leseur ecosystem in Indonesia (the last place on Earth where the Sumatran rhino, tiger, elephant and orangutan still roam toge...
Farwiza Farhan: Sustainability in Conservation Activism
Farwiza Farhan is the winner of the 2016 Whitley Awards, she works at the Leuser Ecosystem, the only place on earth where four gigantic beasts--orangutans, elephants, tigers, and rhinos still roam the land. After graduating with a master’s degree from the University of Queensland, in 2012 Wiza Co-founded Hutan, Alam, dan Lingkungan Aceh (HAkA) a...
Farwiza Farhan: Compassionate Conservation
The definition of the environment is the unity of space with all objects, forces, conditions, and living things, including humans and their behavior, which affect the continuity of life and welfare. Environmental issues that occur on a global scale stem from one problem, namely human behavior that does not respect the environment. Environmental ...