Recently we celebrated Earth Hour, the International Day of Forests and Singapore’s Green Plan 2030. One of Singapore’s key targets is to plant 1 million more trees in Singapore. Globally, each week, nearly 475,000 acres of forest are senselessly cleared, releasing millions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere destabilizing the global climate and leaving the future of our planet uncertain. The destruction is overwhelming, with many of us feeling helpless to stop it. But what if we had the chance to save an entire forest? How much would it cost us if that forest were the size of Singapore (728 sqkm = 180,000 acres)? 1 acre of mature rainforest contains about 500 trees. The cost to conserve 1 acre of rainforest: 𝟮 𝗨𝗦$ (check this out: Rainforest Trust Projects) => Investment = 180,000 acres x 2 US$ = 360,000 US$ = less than 500,000 S$.

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