Rubber Displacing Forests and Traditional Shifting Agricultural Systems in Xishuangbanna, China (IMAGE)

World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Rubber Displacing Forests and Traditional Shifting Agricultural Systems in Xishuangbanna, China

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Here, almost 20 percent of the landscape has been converted to rubber -- partly at high altitudes and on steep slopes.

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Dietrich Schmidt Vogt, Kunming Institute of Botany and World Agroforestry Centre

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