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Volvo Construction Equipment Asia
Why electric construction machines should play a key role in bringing Singapore’s Green Plan to life
In 2023, Singapore became the first country in Southeast Asia to receive electric construction equipment from Volvo CE. The country now has a golden opportunity to use these advanced machines …
Finding the balance between environmental protection and economic empowerment often met with a dead end, or in most …
National University of Singapore (NUS) Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions
NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions utilises technology-driven methods to advance carbon estimation in Singapore’s forest ecosystems
The National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions (CNCS), a research centre under the NUS …
UN Environment Programme
Global annual finance flows of US$7 trillion fueling climate, biodiversity, land degradation crises
Close to US$7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on …
All #forests Press Releases
19 November 2023
Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Renewed calls for Asean to prioritise and protect citizens’ rights to clean air from transboundary haze
15 August 2023
UN Development Programme
Ten countries to bag UNDP's 2023 Equator Prize
2 May 2023
28 March 2023
15 February 2023
The Borneo Project
King Charles III called on to stand up for forests in Sarawak
10 October 2022
14 September 2022
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA)
'Just transition' pushed by experts, activists and sectors amid record floods, droughts in Asia
19 July 2022
13 June 2022
17 February 2022
EcoMatcher
EcoMatcher introduces ForestSounds
14 December 2021
Brainforest
Start-ups for more forests and a better climate
4 October 2021
21 April 2021
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