Being a tree crop with over 20 years of economic lifespan and 5 metres (upper limit) height, rubber has an entitlement to be a forest plantation. The eligibility comes under Aforestation and ...

By Timothy J. Killeen The invention of vulcanized rubber (1839), followed by the popularization of bicycles (1870s) and the ...

But deep within Manu's rain forest also lie stories and histories ... After this discovery, demand for rubber trees ran high, and Manu, with its rich bounty of rubber trees, became the perfect ...

Many of the trees are familiar Ohio species, but some are unusual and would probably not be found in many Medina back yards. These include a Hardy Rubber Tree, an American Hophornbeam, a Kentucky ...

The black-and-white photograph shows a man, perched on the edge of a wooden deck, looking down at two objects. At first, you can't take in what they are. In the background are palm trees.

Rubber is produced from the white sap (or latex) of several rain forest trees. The rubber which fueled the so-called "rubber boom" and its related atrocities in the Amazon came from the *Hevea ...

KUALA KANGSAR: The first rubber tree planted in Malaysia, estimated to be over 140 years old, is now said to be worth almost RM200,000. Kuala Kangsar Municipal Council (MPKK) secretary Saiful Azli ...