Even though in Bintan is a short one-hour ferry ride from the highrises of Singapore, the mangrove forest engulfed rivers, the historical sites and the lush resorts stretching along the sugary white beaches seem a million miles away from the city to Floyd and Farah Cowen.
The nominated cause of XL Media, Plant-A-Tree-Today Foundation, with its partner PDA, has launched a Village Development Programme – helping the poor through carbon offsetting and forestry.
The Coral Triangle is known as the global centre of marine biodiversity and one of the world’s top priorities for marine conservation. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are recognised as Coral Triangle countries. The area is home to over 600 reefbuilding coral species, or 75 percent of all species known to science, and more than 3, 000 species of reef fish.
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