The Business Times
business-time-50

APP to 'retire' 7,000ha of plantations to help Jakarta cut emissions

google-preferred-sourceAdd BT as a preferred source
Published Thu, Aug 13, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

IN the first such move worldwide, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) will "retire" 7,000 hectares of commercial plantations to protect carbon-rich peatlands.

The group of pulp and paper manufacturing companies said the move would help the Indonesian government reach its target of reducing 26 per cent of greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020.

TRENDING NOW

Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Talal first threw his lot in with Elon Musk in 2022.

SpaceX surge further boosts Saudi billionaire prince’s fortune

David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group, warns against “just trying to do deals for the purpose of doing deals, as opposed to getting high rates of return”.

Private equity giant Carlyle can grow bigger but needs to stay on its toes: co-founder David Rubenstein

(From left) Dushan county’s ambitious Shuisi Building project and an unfinished, full-scale replica of the Titanic in Daying county.

Abandoned ‘Titanic’, failing ‘ancient towns’: Why China’s tourism boom leaves white elephants behind

The rupiah sank to lows a few times in the past week, with the currency breaching the 14,000 threshold against the Singapore dollar on Wednesday.

Strong US dollar and tariff threats ignite broad Asian currency sell-off

Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
View More