In 2015, Tanoto Foundation was assigned by the Jakarta Provincial Government as the development agent for government-owned PAUD located in an area for lower income community members. Find out how that uplifted the community at http://ow.ly/Gs1q3068fSK
“In developing countries, business accounts for 60% of GDP and 90% of jobs, so the kind of change envisaged by the SDGs can only be achieved with the input of the private sector,” declared Haoliang Xu, UN Assistant Secretary-General & Director for Asia-Pacific, UNDP; setting an important context for the Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development 2016 held in Singapore from Nov 22-24 at the Marina Bay Sands.
Project Sukacita—a student-initiated, student-led community service project—celebrated its 5th anniversary by doing what it does best: Serving the local community in Pangkalan Kerinci.
The Pelita Pustaka is Tanoto Foundation’s programme to build or renovate school libraries so that the library is a comfortable place to obtain educational resources and cultivate their interest in reading. Check out the impact the programme is making at http://ow.ly/Gs1q3068fSK
The Indonesian archipelago of some 17,000 islands is home to some of the largest forests in the world. According to the Forestry Statistics of Indonesia published by the Ministry of Forestry in September 2013, 52.3% or 99.6 million hectares of Indonesia are forests. Of the 4,000 types of trees found, 267 have high economic value. More than 3.76 million people work in the forestry sector, contributing around USD 21 billion, or 3.5% of Indonesia’s GDP.
The dipping temperatures and the arrival of the northeast monsoon heralds the start of the flu season in Riau, where Asian Agri partners plasma farmers to cultivate about 35,000 hectares of its 160,000 ha of oil palms.
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