Sustainable Rubber

Efforts to map the Earth’s trees are growing – and could change our understanding of the planet’s health

Since the end of a 50-year civil war, Colombia has seen a spike in forest clearance, that the government now hopes to reverse with agroforestry initiatives

The newly developed system seeks an optimal tree planting plan over more than 30 years.

Prabhash Subasinghe, GRI managing director, has released a statement reflecting on 2020 and looking ahead to what he expects for GRI in 2021.

Bridgestone says the investment, estimated at $48 million, will increase the company’s agility to serve Canadian tire dealers and customers.

Bridgestone Corporation, a tire and rubber company that has devoted significant resources to ensuring a continuing and sustainable supply of rubber for the future, has developed a system that utilizes big data to contribute to higher yield at rubber farms.

Tire maker Bridgestone is deploying an optimization system that uses big data to help create higher yields at rubber farms. The new system will contribute to ensuring a sustainable supply of natural rubber, with the company looking to develop an optimal tree-planting program over the next 30 years to improve and stabilize upcoming yields inRead More

By Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe (Email: parajayasinghe@gmail.com) The true nature and potential of Bio Energy in Sri Lanka is unique. It has the advantage of a sustainable use of biomass, as a renewable resource for energy, including power generation. It is incorrect to surmise that Sri Lanka is too small with a dearth of lands for

CRUDE Palm Oil (CPO) is at a 10-year high. But surprisingly, not all plantation stocks are following the trend.

Share prices of rubber glove manufacturers, which have been on the decline of late, dominated the top gainers list today as investors bargain-hunted amid the continued rise of Covid-19 cases globally. All seven glove makers — Top Glove Corp Bhd, Hartalega Holdings Bhd, Supermax Corp Bhd, Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd, Careplus Group Bhd, Rubberex Corp Bhd and Comfort Gloves Bhd — made it to the top 20 gainers list.

KOTA KINABALU: The government’s Green Malaysia campaign is the right move towards the nation’s future sustainability, says WWF Malaysia.

JANUARY 8 — On 6 January 2021, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin planted a Merbau tree in the grounds of his official residence, Seri Perdana — the first of the 100 million trees the government plans to plant between 2020-2025. To further boost the 100 Million Tree-Planting Campaign 2020…

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah plans to plant at least 36 million trees across the state within the next five years, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.

KOTA KINABALU: The state government is targeting to plant 36 million trees, in line with the state-level Plant 100 Million Trees Campaign, to run for five years till 2025. Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor said the state government was supportive of any positive effort to ensure preservation and conservation of forests. The campaign, which begins this year, involves five categories, namely forest

By Jayampathy Molligoda According to generally accepted economic theories and their practical application, boosting economic growth has been seen as the best way to create job opportunities and raise living standards of people. However, the growth is decelerating in Europe, the United States, China, Japan, and other leading economies, as the International Monetary Fund and