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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. The bidders expressed their concern, saying it would put too much pressure on the land, and further that the waste generated by that number of people would harm the ecology of this already vulnerable ecosystem.

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

Business Green

APRIL Group - or Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd, to give it its full name - is a massive manufacturer of wood pulp and fiber, the basis of myriad everyday products from office printing paper and packaging to tea bags and viscose fabrics. It is in many ways a remarkable economic success story.

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Chris Cook?s tour of the oil markets: from Nixon to Trump

Low Impact

I wrote about this in the Asia Times at the time. Subsequently, in 2004, we made a presentation to the central bank in Iran, and we got the contract to do a feasibility study. And massive reductions in waste. Do you think the reason they haven’t invaded Iran is because of their closeness to China? I don’t think so.