A5038458842- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Coconut Research and Applications
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Forest Management and Policy
- Plant and animal studies
National University of Singapore
2020-2024
Rubber production plays a critical role in tropical livelihoods. Identifying factors that balance environmental and socio-economic dimensions of rubber is important for achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we assess smallholder data unprecedented coverage, spanning across 20,000 farmers from Thailand, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire, collected via interviews through the Rubberway initiative. We found agricultural extension clonal varieties were associated with higher farmers' income....
Abstract Natural rubber cultivation is one of the main drivers tropical deforestation and biodiversity loss. This study examines regulatory socio‐economic conditions that increase susceptibility plantations to degradation, aiming support zero‐deforestation pledges sustainability commitments made by natural industry. By combining bottom‐up survey data from smallholder farmers in Indonesia with top‐down spatial datasets on forest loss this identifies factors associated deforestation, tree...
Rubber production plays a critical role on tropical livelihoods and natural habitats. Identifying transformative solutions that strike balance between environmental socio-economic dimensions of rubber is important for achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we assess smallholder data unprecedented coverage, spanning across 20,000 farmers from Thailand, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire, collected through the Rubberway initiative. We found agricultural extension services clonal varieties were...