A global review of rubber plantations: Impacts on ecosystem functions, mitigations, future directions, and policies for sustainable cultivation

AK Singh, W Liu, S Zakari, J Wu, B Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing global need for latex is driving rubber plantation (RP) expansion since the last
century, with> 2 Mha of cultivation area being established in the last decade. Southeast Asia …

Forest management and carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean region: A review

R Ruiz-Peinado, JAB Oviedo, EL Senespleda… - Forest …, 2017 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Aim of the study: To review and acknowledge the value of carbon sequestration by forest
management in the Mediterranean area. Material and methods: We review the main effects …

Carbon costs and benefits of Indonesian rainforest conversion to plantations

T Guillaume, MM Kotowska, D Hertel, A Knohl… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Land-use intensification in the tropics plays an important role in meeting global demand for
agricultural commodities but generates high environmental costs. Here, we synthesize the …

Carbon balance of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations: A review of uncertainties at plot, landscape and production level

S Blagodatsky, J Xu, G Cadisch - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Rapid expansion of natural rubber plantations in South-East Asia and other regions has
greatly altered ecosystem based carbon (C) stocks with potential impacts on climate change …

Nutrient management of immature rubber plantations. A review

S Vrignon-Brenas, F Gay, S Ricard, D Snoeck… - Agronomy for …, 2019 - Springer
The rapid expansion of rubber tree plantations in recent decades has been accompanied by
dramatic negative ecological and social impacts. Rubber sector stakeholders consequently …

Obtaining rubber plantation age information from very dense Landsat TM & ETM+ time series data and pixel-based image compositing

P Beckschäfer - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Determining the age of rubber tree plantations (Hevea brasiliensis) is of great interest to
plantation managers and land-use decision makers as it enables, among others, reliable …

Predicting carbon emissions, emissions reductions, and carbon removal due to deforestation and plantation forests in Southeast Asia

N Sasaki, YY Myint, I Abe, M Venkatappa - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Periodic assessment of the forest carbon stocks is needed as part of the global efforts to
reduce deforestation and forest degradation and mitigate climate change. Here, we …

Land-use change impact on time-averaged carbon balances: Rubber expansion and reforestation in a biosphere reserve, South-West China

X Yang, S Blagodatsky, M Lippe, F Liu… - Forest Ecology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The expansion of rubber plantations (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg) is a major driving force
for deforestation and forest degradation in mountainous South-East Asia. In China, the …

Impact of land use and land cover changes on carbon storage in rubber dominated tropical Xishuangbanna, South West China

C Sarathchandra, Y Alemu Abebe… - Ecosystem Health …, 2021 - spj.science.org
Land use and land cover (LULC) play a significant role in carbon regulation. South-China
accounts for~ 65% of China's carbon sink. In Xishuangbanna (South-China), rubber is …

How 75 years of rubber monocropping affects soil fauna and nematodes as the bioindicators for soil biodiversity quality index

P Panklang, P Thaler, A Thoumazeau… - … , Section B—Soil & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Natural rubber consumption has led to the expansion of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis)
plantations which affects the deforestation and ecosystem. However, no study of the long …