Strong international demand for natural rubber is driving expansion of industrial‐scale and
smallholder monoculture plantations, with> 2 million ha established during the last decade …

The rapid expansion of rubber tree plantations in recent decades has been accompanied by
dramatic negative ecological and social impacts. Rubber sector stakeholders consequently …

The first decade of the new millennium saw a boom in rubber prices. This led to rapid and
widespread land conversion to monoculture rubber plantations in continental SE Asia …

Rubber plantations are expanding rapidly throughout montane mainland Southeast Asia (–).
More than 500,000 ha may have been converted already in the uplands of China, Laos …

Natural rubber has been an essential commodity not only for the tyre industry but also for
more than 50,000 products that hold elasticity as an attribute. Rubber is obtained from the …

Rapid land-use transformations are occurring throughout the Mekong Region, and
especially in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province in southwest China. Most of this is due to …

The hydrological and geomorphological impacts of traditional swidden cultivation in
Montane Mainland Southeast Asia are virtually inconsequential, whereas the impacts …

Natural vegetation is important for ecosystem services (ESs) provision, but is decreasing
rapidly due to human-driven land use change, especially rapid expansion of commercial …

Swidden (also called shifting cultivation) has long been the dominant farming system in
Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA). Today the ecological bounty of this region is …

Deforestation has been reported to increase annual streamflow, baseflow, and sediment
load in many parts of the world. However, studies about the hydrological effects of …