Through the Technology Lens: The Expansion of Rubber and its Implications in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia

Natural latex from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is a hot commodity, with consumption increasing worldwide at an average rate of 5.8% per year since 1900. The vast majority of the world′s rubber supply has historically come from the wet-humid tropics of Southeast Asia, but researchers in Chin...

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Published in:	Conservation & Society
Main Author:	Jefferson Fox
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Subjects:	rubber tools technology plantations biodiversity China Laos Southeast Asia
Online Access:	http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2014;volume=12;issue=4;spage=418;epage=424;aulast=Fox