Borneo

‘Heart of Borneo’ gets conservation backing from ADB
The conservation of one of the world’s most critical but threatened forest areas in the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo is to get USD4.5 million financial support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Hilton to offset SE Asia customer events to fund renewables
Hilton Worldwide has launched a carbon offset program across Southeast Asia which will measure carbon generated at all events at 11 of its properties in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand at no additional cost to customers.
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Landing a tuna catch in Palawan
Investment needed in AsiaPac’s dwindling natural capital
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
June 06, 2012
The Asia Pacific region is consuming more resources than its ecosystems can sustain, threatening the future of the region's beleaguered forests, rivers, and oceans as well as the livelihoods of those who depend on them, says a new joint report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and WWF. The joint ADB-WWF study, Ecological Footprint and Investment in Natural Capital in Asia and the Pacific, focuses on ways of preserving key large-scale regional ecosystems, including the forests of Borneo, the marine wealth of the Coral Triangle, the Mekong region's diverse habitats, and the mountainous Eastern Himalayas.
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Secret map of the the proposed Baram hydroelectric dam in Sarawak
Secret map of Sarawak hydro project published
Swiss NGO the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) has revealed an exclusive map showing the extent of the proposed Baram mega dam, the realization of which would cause a social and environmental disaster in Malaysian Borneo, it says.
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Norway pledges $1 bln to support Indonesia's emissions battle
Norway sys it will commit up to USD1 billion to help Indonesia meet its emissions reduction target, according to a report on the website Scandasia.com.
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Malaysian protesters
Certification body issues ultimatum to Malaysian palm oil giant
Malaysia's second-largest palm oil group, IOI, has been given a severe reprimand by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a certification body of which IOI is both a founding member and a member of the executive board.
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Bruno_MUnsor_Protests Campaign
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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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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