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Money really does grow on trees

MORE than half of what Malaysia’s commercial banks lend depends on nature. Why, then, does so little of that money ever reach it?

A study released in June 2026 by Bank Negara Malaysia, the World Bank, and the United Nations Development Programme put the share at 54%, concentrated in sectors that need clean water and fertile soil.

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