While it undoubtedly changed the course of history, some say it was a brazen ... The British now had the building blocks of their own rubber plantation. But there was one more hurdle.

An analysis of satellite images showed that from 1988 to 2003, rubber plantations increased by 324%; this expansion generally occurred at the expense of forests and shifting agriculture. Most rubber ...

Firestone’s sprawling rubber plantation in Liberia ... an environmental history professor at the University of Wisconsin and the author of Empire of Rubber. It provided free housing, education ...

Here, almost 20 percent of the landscape has been converted to rubber -- partly at high altitudes and on steep slopes. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

The state is now aiming to increase the plantation to 69,000 hectare, an official said on Sunday. Indian Natural Rubber Operations for Assisted Development (INROAD), backed by ATMA, was launched ...

He feels that there is no way of modernising rubber plantations other than using GM rubber plants. “The government must open its eyes to this fact and act in keeping with the changing times ...