Forests

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Swiss NGO launches international protest against Sarawak corruption
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
February 21, 2011
The Swiss-based Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) has launched an international campaign against what it calls "blatant corruption and abuse of public funds" by Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
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Palm oil giant Golden Agri moves to “no deforestation” policy
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
February 09, 2011
Golden Agri-Resources Limited (GAR, SGX: E5H), the world's second largest palm oil  company, says it will work with multi-stakeholders, including the government of Indonesia and The Forest Trust (TFT), to find solutions towards forest conservation, including the creation of a fully sustainable palm oil industry.
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Chinese investment in forestry up 80% to $45b
February 03, 2011
China invested CNY297.9 billion (USD45.27 billion) in forestry during the 11th Five-Year period (2006-2010), according to the State Forestry Administration. The figure was 80 percent more than the previous five-year period.
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Unit II Wayang Windu geothermal energy plant, Indonesia
Indonesia laying the legal groundwork to become geothermal superpower
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
January 14, 2011
The Indonesian Government is poised to issue a presidential decree that will lay out regulations for the development of geothermal energy resources, allowing renewable energy companies to mine in protected forest areas, according to a report by detikFinance.
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Samling bulldozers logging Ba Jawi
Fight over Sarawak rain forest heats up
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
January 07, 2011
The battle over native land rights and deforestation in Borneo was cranked up a notch the first week of the year when authorities were reported to have cracked down against native leaders in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak.
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Rain forrest and creek
Friends of the Earth urges REDD to be focused on effective forest conservation
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
December 09, 2010
The outline agreement on REDD (Reducing Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation) reached at last year's Cancún COP 16 conference don't ensure forest conservation and look at forests only as carbon storage, according to Friends of the Earth International (FOEI).
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Counting environmental cost
Counting environmental cost
October 30, 2011
The UN Environment Programme's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is 20 years old. Now with more than 200 members drawn from the global financial sector, the UNEP FI is a key forum for dialogue about the nexus between economic development, environmental protection, and sustainable development. Fergus O'Rorke, executive editor of CleanBiz Asia, took the opportunity to talk to Paul Clements-Hunt, head of the UNEP's Financial Initiative unit, at the ASrIA 10th Anniversary Conference.
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