Challenges and opportunities for sustainable rubber in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
2016
kenney-lazar m. | wong g.
Kenney-Lazar M., Wong G., 'Challenges and opportunities for sustainable rubber in the Lao People's Democratic Republic', CIFOR Infobrief no. 153, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), 2016
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]Key pointsThe opportunities provided by rubber cultivation in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) have been offset by sustainability challenges, such as low prices, food insecurity, land expropriation, deforestation and a loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services.Smallholder rubber has had the greatest success in alleviating poverty while limiting environmental impacts and should be the preferred form of rubber production.Improved and extensive credit, technical and extension services are needed to support a robust smallholder sector that cultivates rubber in ways that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.Large-scale land concessions for rubber should be limited and highly regulated to prevent expropriation of rural people’s lands, unfair compensation, deforestation, agro-chemical pollution and exploitative labor practices
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