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Discussion in 'Environmental Discussion' started by tochatihu, Jul 29, 2015.

  1. tochatihu

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    Worth a chat? From tree sap to car tires etc.

    The species came from Amazon, now grown widely in the tropics, a real strategy issue in WWII.

    Grown in southern China also, and now the Cambodian situation appears newsworthy:

    Alarm over 'timber grab' from Cambodia's protected forests - BBC News

    Rubber commodity value really jumped a few years back, and the planted area followed. Now, prices are in the tank and some people wonder whether chasing a market (any market) is the right thing to do with extensive forest resources.
     
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    didn't ford buy a rubber plantation?
     
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    Rubber Plantations


    I should stop answering this entire class of questions. Ultimately by doing so, I do harm to Bisco et al.

    So, a new tack: Nope, that never happened.
     
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    :cry::cry::cry:
     
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    exactly.:(
     
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    A LOT of tropical forests have been cleared to chase the 2009-2010 rubber price run up.One can only hope that these efforts will benefit local folks, because these new 'as if' forests are something less then their priors.

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