The last decades brought along a tremendous expansion of rubber plantations as well as
respective socio-economic transformations. This paper reviews the historical development of …

A major challenge in transforming development to inclusive, sustainable pathways is the
pervasive and persistent trade-off between provisioning services (eg, agricultural …

Early identification of rubber plantations holds significant importance for both optimal
plantation management and scientific studies. Even though remote sensing techniques for …

Much of our knowledge about land use and ecosystem services in interrelated social-
ecological systems is derived from place-based research. While local and regional case …

Land management includes the actions of different stakeholder groups at different scales,
from local measures to regional land use strategies to land use policies. For sustainable …

Over the past decade, the cultivation of rubber trees has expanded rapidly throughout the
Mekong region to non-traditional rubber growing areas of Laos and Myanmar. Prompted by …

While the expansion of rubber plantations in the mountainous areas of Southern China has
contributed to poverty reduction among the indigenous ethnic groups, the concerns about …

In addition to its impacts in terms of illness and death, the COVID-19 pandemic caused
significant socioeconomic hardship in Myanmar as it did around the world. How land was …

Erosion and mass wasting processes on mountain slopes can benefit from or be adversely
affected by the presence of biopores formed by plant root systems or soil fauna. The …

Plantations support local economies and rural livelihoods in many mountainous regions,
where poverty and a fragile environment are often interlinked. Managing plantations …