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Landslide susceptibility mapping using a machine learning approach and different environmental factors in the Western Ghats region (India)

open access: yesEarth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 51, Issue 5, May 2026.
Landslide susceptibility mapping in India's Western Ghats using machine learning revealed high‐risk zones driven by deforestation, slope alteration and road proximity. The Random Forest model showed highest accuracy, supporting targeted mitigation, planning and early warning systems.
Manoranjan Mishra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes of Soil Properties on Various Ages of Rubber Trees in Dhamasraya, West Sumatra, Indonesia

open access: yesJournal of Tropical Soils, 2010
Although rubber has been planted in Indonesia from Holland era, but there is little information about the effect of rubber plantation on the rate of land degradation in Indonesia.
Syafrimen Yasin   +5 more
doaj  

Managing carbon sinks in rubber (Hevea brasilensis) plantation by changing rotation length in SW China.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Extension of the rotation length in forest management has been highlighted in Article 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol to help the countries in their commitments for reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. CO2FIX Model Ver.3.2 was used to examine the dynamics of
Syed Moazzam Nizami   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping Deciduous Rubber Plantation Areas and Stand Ages with PALSAR and Landsat Images

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2015
Accurate and updated finer resolution maps of rubber plantations and stand ages are needed to understand and assess the impacts of rubber plantations on regional ecosystem processes.
Weili Kou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Report Details Widespread Abuses on Firestone’s Rubber Plantation in Liberia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
International Labor Rights Forum
core   +1 more source

Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: An experiment using the role-playing games approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Cooperation among stakeholders is widely accepted as an effective management strategy. This paper describes an experimental study that explores this cooperation using role-playing games, which is formulated within a multiagent simulation framework.
Guizol, Philippe   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Agroforestry and enhanced rock weathering: A dual strategy for sustainable cacao

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 843-860, May 2026.
Cacao production is both economically vital and environmentally intensive, presenting a major sustainability challenge as a crop largely cultivated by smallholder farmers in climate‐vulnerable regions. This review synthesises evidence that integrating agroforestry with enhanced rock weathering (EW) may significantly reduce emissions from cacao ...
Isabella L. Steeley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rubber Production In Liberia: An Exploratory Assessment of Living and Working Conditions, with Special Attention to Forced Labor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Verite
core   +1 more source

Diversity affects microclimate temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions

open access: yesNew Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 3, Page 1453-1459, May 2026.
Summary Climate change is increasing global temperatures, increasing atmospheric drying, and driving more severe and frequent drought. Plants can cool and humidify microclimates through sensible and latent heat exchange. Higher diversity plant communities can modify microclimates more strongly than lower diversity plant communities, creating the ...
Alexandra J. Wright   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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