Demand for natural rubber fuelled by the tyre industry is threatening protected parts of Southeast Asia - according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Ecology
Apr 16, 2015
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In the past decades, large areas of forest in Sumatra, Indonesia have been replaced by cash crops like oil palm and rubber plantations. New research, published in the European Geosciences Union journal Biogeosciences, shows ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2017
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The expansion of rubber plantations in southeast Asia could have a "devastating" environmental impact, scientists warned Thursday as they pressed for a substantial increase in forest preserves.
Environment
May 21, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an ancient Mayan site, USF archaeologists use new tools to find everything old.
Archaeology
Feb 26, 2010
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A new strategy being rolled out in China relies on the idea that farmers can harvest much more than crops. The idea is that well-managed, diverse agricultural lands can provide flood control, water purification and climate ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2019
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The rubber-based agroforestry systems have been recently established to provide a promising solution for the sustainable development of rubber cultivation. However, the water relations between rubber trees and the intercrops ...
Ecology
Oct 27, 2020
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Scientists at the University of East Anglia have shown that sequencing the DNA of crushed up creepy crawlies can accelerate the monitoring and cataloguing of biodiversity around the world.
Ecology
Aug 5, 2013
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Increasing amounts of environmentally valuable and protected land are being cleared for rubber plantations that are economically unsustainable, new research suggests. More widespread monitoring is vital to design policy that ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2015
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Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber plantations
Environment
Mar 2, 2018
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The environmental impact of palm oil production has been well publicised. Found in everything from food to cosmetics, the deforestation, ecosystem decline and biodiversity loss associated with its use is a serious cause for ...
Environment
May 10, 2019
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