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Tug of War: The Impact of Climate Change on Economic Development

Unsustainable

This group of stunning islands was at the forefront of the Tsunami destruction in 2004. Besides being a hub for biodiversity, it is also home to forest-dwelling tribal communities who would be evicted from their homes and their way of life. People lost their homes, jobs and loved ones. Their socio-economic lives were heavily impacted.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

Comprising 130,000 hectares on the Kampala Peninsula, alongside another 20,000 hectares on nearby Padang Island to the north, RER was set up a decade ago to restore and protect an area of unique, biodiverse, peatland-rich rainforest that is twice the size of nearby Singapore which lies just over 100 miles eastward.