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CDL has doubled the size of a microforest planted at a shopping mall, and is aiming to plant more to mitigate urban heating and promote local biodiversity. The firm's chief sustainability officer wants other companies and government agencies to spawn the concept.
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Rising energy demand and rapid economic growth are constantly reshaping Asia’s transition challenge.
The devolved government in West Sumatra province, which is home to 5.8 million people on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, intends to present new zoning plans to the central government that could regulate currently illegal mines operated by small groups of people.
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