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Carbon craze Sri Lanka sets up carbon fund to acquire marketing edge
sri lanka launched a Carbon Fund in June under a public-private partnership to encourage companies to get into businesses that would earn them carbon credits. B M S Batagoda, chief executive officer of the Carbon Fund, said the fund would bundle the carbon credits earned by small companies and sell them to international buyers who prefer larger volumes. Environmentalists, however, see carbon trade as a