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SIPITANG: A total of 53 teachers of SMK Padang Berempah (SMPB) including four representatives from the Sipitang District Forestry Department jointly planted Syzygium Myrtifolium (Kelat Paya) trees around the school compounds recently.
The vital relationship between trees and forests with health-related matters was highlighted during the observation of the International Day of Forests on Friday.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Until recently, international meetings on biodiversity, held under the auspices of the Convention on Biodiversity, have suffered relative anonymity compared with higher-profile climate negotiations. While nature groups and environmental scientists have long pointed out the link between climate and biodiversity crises, climate solutions have neglected biodiversity in favour of renewable energy or green technology development.
‘ESG' has well and truly arrived, and has triggered a new age in business and financial investment strategy. In a four-part series, Advocate and Partner Anthony Williams and Senior Associate...
Capturing carbon by increasing forest cover has become central to the fight against climate change. But there's a problem. Sometimes these forests exist on paper only - because promises have not been kept, or because planted trees have died or even been harvested. A new effort will now be made to track success and failure.