In 1926, America’s Harvey Firestone broke a European price cartel by establishing what remains the world’s largest rubber plantation, covering 4 percent of the West African state of Liberia ...

Between 2000 and 2020, a forested area 16 times the size of Brussels (200 square miles), was likely destroyed to make way for large-scale rubber plantations in the six countries, the report’s ...

Plantation expansion is ... So why have we heard so little of rubber’s environmental impact? Perhaps because its deforestation footprint is not as large as palm oil, which was responsible ...

It proposed to take over 2,570 acres in Kanjirappally taluk, including one of the largest rubber plantations in Kerala - Cheruvally Estate. The move triggered a flurry of discussion in all ...