The first decade of the new millennium saw a boom in rubber prices. This led to rapid and widespread land conversion to monoculture rubber plantations in continental SE Asia, where natural rubber production has increased >50% since 2000. Here, we analyze the subsequent spread of rubber between 20...
Ahrends, Antje
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Hollingsworth PM
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Ziegler, A.D.
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Fox JM
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Chen, H.
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Su Y
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Xu, Jianchu
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[Current trends of rubber plantation expansion may threaten biodiversity and livelihoods]
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Current trends of rubber plantation expansion may threaten biodiversity and livelihoods
Swidden (also called shifting cultivation) has long been the dominant farming system in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA). Today the ecological bounty of this region is threatened by the expansion of settled agriculture, including the proliferation of rubber plantations. In the current conc...
Fox, J.
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Castella, J.C.
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Ziegler, A.D.
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[Swidden, rubber and carbon: can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia?]
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Swidden, rubber and carbon: can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia?
Swidden (also called shifting cultivation) has long been the dominant farming system in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA). Today the ecological bounty of this region is threatened by the expansion of settled agriculture, including the proliferation of rubber plantations. In the current conc...
Fox, J
,
Castella, J.C.
,
Ziegler, A.D.
,
[Swidden, rubber and carbon: Can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia?]
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Swidden, rubber and carbon: Can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia?