The South Asian kingdom of Bhutan has become a champion of environmental protection. Its forests are protected ... to making Bhutan the first carbon-negative country in the world.

To date, Singapore has substantively concluded negotiations for bilaterally-traded credits with Ghana, Vietnam, Paraguay and Bhutan. But Papua New Guinea ... most REDD+ credits on the voluntary carbon ...

Under the agreement, 85 per cent of the rainforest was declared off limits to logging, including 70 per cent of old-growth forests. "Through those negotiations, carbon offsets became an important ...