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Expansion of rubber mono-cropping and its implications for the resilience of ecosystems in the face of climate change in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia [PDF]
, 2014 Farmers in montane mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA) have long practiced shifting cultivation with plots of land cultivated temporarily and then allowed to revert to secondary forest for a fallow period.
Castella, Jean-Christophe +3 more
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Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
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Risk of exposure to potential vector mosquitoes for rural workers in Northern Lao PDR.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 BackgroundOne major consequence of economic development in South-East Asia has been a rapid expansion of rubber plantations, in which outbreaks of dengue and malaria have occurred.
Julie-Anne A Tangena +3 more
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ENTREPREUNARIAL AND FAMILY BUSINESS FARMS IN THAILAND: WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE RUBBER BOOM?
Journal of Asian Rural Studies, 2018 Following the high rubber prices in the second half of the 2010s, rubber plantations expanded greatly especially in Southeast Asia. Smallholders were important actors of the recent rubber boom.
Benedicte Chambon +3 more
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Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
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Jurnal Agrica, 2018 Smallholder rubber plantations in South Tapanuli still have the opportunity and huge potential , especially when associated with a society that is still largely rely on rubber plants as an option for propagation .
Mukhlis Mukhlis +2 more
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The Social Contexts for Forest Expansions: A Review
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract The photo portrays a tropical pasture in transition into a silvopastoral landscapse in the Ecuadorian Amazon. ABSTRACT Regional contexts appear to have shaped reforestation processes in six distinctive ways around the world. Two have predominated in wealthy regions and have entailed the spontaneous regeneration of relatively biodiverse ...
Thomas K. Rudel
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The "double cut alternative" (DCA) tapping system: an innovative tapping system designed for Thai rubber smallholdings using high tapping frequency [PDF]
, 2011 In Thailand, the continuous decrease in the size of rubber plantations has led to the general adoption of intensive tapping systems which may lead to over harvesting, high rates of tapping panel dryness (TPD), short life-cycles of the plantations, and ...
Chantuma, Pisamai +3 more
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Assessment of ecosystem status in Mozambique and implications for environmental planning
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.We assess Mozambique's terrestrial ecosystems using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems framework, showing that more than half of Mozambique's ecosystems are threatened, with impacts primarily concentrated in temperate subhumid grasslands and pyric tussock savannas.
Kendall R. Jones +12 more
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Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2009 This paper aims to present the implications brought by the expansion of “renewable products” plantation systems in the tropics with cultivation of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) as a main focus.
Marc Cotter +2 more
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