Editing Harrison Ford (section)

=== Environmental work ===
Ford is vice-chair of [[Conservation International]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/29/harrison-ford-environmentalist/ |title=Harrison Ford: There are no great movies on global environmental issues |work=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502021322/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/29/harrison-ford-environmentalist/ |archive-date=May 2, 2013}}</ref> an American nonprofit [[environmental organization]] headquartered in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]]. The organization's intent is to protect [[nature]].<ref name="aboutus">{{cite web |url=http://www.conservation.org/about/pages/about_us.aspx |title=About Us |publisher=Conservation International |access-date=February 3, 2012 |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207205152/http://www.conservation.org/about/pages/about_us.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1992, Ford has lent his voice to a series of public service messages promoting environmental involvement for EarthShare, an American federation of environmental and conservation charities.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 1, 2008 |title=EarthShare PSA: "Promises" |url=http://www.earthshare.org/2008/10/earthshare-psa.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227235416/http://www.earthshare.org/2008/10/earthshare-psa.html |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |access-date=December 27, 2017 |work=Earthshare}}</ref> He has acted as a spokesperson for [[Restore Hetch Hetchy]], a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring [[Yosemite National Park]]'s [[Hetch Hetchy Valley]] to its original condition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Discover Hetch Hetchy with Harrison Ford Preview |url=http://www.hetchhetchy.org/educational-activities/46-discover-hetch-hetchy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119055037/http://www.hetchhetchy.org/educational-activities/46-discover-hetch-hetchy |archive-date=November 19, 2012 |access-date=May 16, 2013 |publisher=Restore Hetch Hetchy}}</ref> Ford also appears in the documentary series ''[[Years of Living Dangerously]]'', which reports on people affected by and seeking solutions to climate change.<ref>{{cite web |year=2015 |title=Years Of Living Dangerously |url=http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514141823/http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/ |archive-date=May 14, 2015 |access-date=May 17, 2015 |work=yearsoflivingdangerously.com}}</ref>

In 1993, the [[arachnology|arachnologist]] Norman Platnick named a new species of spider ''[[Calponia harrisonfordi]]'', and in 2002 the [[entomology|entomologist]] [[Edward O. Wilson]] named a new [[ant]] species ''[[Pheidole harrisonfordi]]'' (in recognition of Harrison's work as Vice Chairman of [[Conservation International]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Harrison Ford |url=http://www.ourplanet.com/imgversn/142/ford.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905144851/http://www.ourplanet.com/imgversn/142/ford.html |archive-date=September 5, 2008 |access-date=May 23, 2008 |publisher=Our Planet}}</ref> The Peruvian snake species ''[[Tachymenoides harrisonfordi]]'' was named for Ford in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kimbrough |first1=Liz |date=August 29, 2023 |title=It had to be a snake: New species from Peru named after Harrison Ford |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/it-had-to-be-a-snake-new-species-from-peru-named-after-harrison-ford/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901163503/https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/it-had-to-be-a-snake-new-species-from-peru-named-after-harrison-ford/ |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |work=Mongabay Environmental News}}</ref>

In September 2013, Ford, while filming an environmental documentary in [[Indonesia]], interviewed the Indonesian [[Forestry]] Minister, [[Zulkifli Hasan]]. After the interview, Ford and his crew were accused of "harassing state institutions" and publicly threatened with [[deportation]]. Questions within the interview concerned the [[Tesso Nilo National Park]], [[Sumatra]]. It was alleged the Minister of Forestry was given no prior warning of questions nor the chance to explain the challenges of catching [[illegal logging|illegal loggers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-10/indonesian-minister-shocked-at-harrison-ford-climate-interview/4949316 |title=Harrison Ford Shocks Indonesian Minister with Heated Climate Interview |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=September 10, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910092955/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-10/indonesian-minister-shocked-at-harrison-ford-climate-interview/4949316 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/harrison-ford-upsets-indonesian-minister-with-rude-interview-20130911-2tiwc.html |title=Harrison Ford Upsets Indonesian Minister with 'Rude' Interview |author-link1=Michael Bachelard |first=Michael |last=Bachelard |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912070102/http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/harrison-ford-upsets-indonesian-minister-with-rude-interview-20130911-2tiwc.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/09/09/fm-bemoans-harrison-ford-s-attitude.html |title=FM Bemoans Harrison Ford's Attitude |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912085354/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/09/09/fm-bemoans-harrison-ford-s-attitude.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/harrison-ford-environment-indonesia_n_3899141.html |title=Harrison Ford's Environment Documentary Questions 'Shocked' Indonesian Forestry Minister |website=Huffington Post |date=September 10, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912061316/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/harrison-ford-environment-indonesia_n_3899141.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Ford was provided an audience with the Indonesian President, [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]], during which he expressed concerns regarding Indonesia's environmental degradation and the government efforts to [[climate change mitigation|address climate change]]. In response, the President explained Indonesia's commitment to preserving its oceans and forests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/10/harrison-ford-interview-indonesia-president_n_3900670.html |title=Harrison Ford Interviews Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono On Environment |date=September 10, 2013 |website=Huffington Post |access-date=September 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912045640/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/10/harrison-ford-interview-indonesia-president_n_3900670.html |archive-date=September 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/10/harrison-ford-indonesia-president-discuss-climate/ |title=Harrison Ford, Indonesia President Discuss Climate |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=September 10, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303181026/http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/10/harrison-ford-indonesia-president-discuss-climate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, on behalf of Conservation International, Ford gave an impassioned speech during the United Nations' Climate Action Summit in New York on the [[destruction of the Amazon rainforest]] and its effect on climate change for the rest of the world. Ford urged his audience to listen to 'angry young people' trying to make a difference in the situation, emphasizing, "The most important thing we can do for them is to get the hell out of their way."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plantbasednews.org/news/harrison-ford-angry-young-people-save-planet|title=Ford at 2019 UN Climate Summit|website=plantbasednews.org|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019160410/https://www.plantbasednews.org/news/harrison-ford-angry-young-people-save-planet|url-status=live |last1=Chiorando |first1=Maria }}</ref>