From global drivers to local land-use change: understanding the northern Laos rubber boom

Junquera, Victoria; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Sun, Zhanli; Latthachack, Phokham; Grêt‐Regamey, Adrienne

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2020.04.013

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“…Other social processes, such as imitation (cf. 61,62), create crop booms and potential busts (63). This can lead to land being cleared anticipatively but not subsequently being taken into production because the market conditions deteriorate or due to failed operations or diminishing economic viability.…”

Section: Agriculture-driven Deforestationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

Pendrill

Gardner

Meyfroidt

et al. 2022

Science

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Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems, climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed commitments to halt its continuation. Although it is well established that agriculture is a dominant driver of deforestation, rates and mechanisms remain disputed and often lack a clear evidence base. We synthesize the best available pantropical evidence to provide clarity on how agriculture drives deforestation. Although most (90 to 99%) deforestation across the tropics 2011 to 2015 was driven by agriculture, only 45 to 65% of deforested land became productive agriculture within a few years. Therefore, ending deforestation likely requires combining measures to create deforestation-free supply chains with landscape governance interventions. We highlight key remaining evidence gaps including deforestation trends, commodity-specific land-use dynamics, and data from tropical dry forests and forests across Africa.

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Section: Agriculture-driven Deforestationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

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Gardner

Meyfroidt

et al. 2022

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“…Brad et al demonstrated that the exponential growth of oil palm production has made Indonesia world's largest producer of vegetable oils [36,37]. The development of plantation crops on forest borders contributes immensely to land conversion and deforestation, and signifies the conversion of forest to rubber plantations [38]. With a long development history in Riau, rubber and its derivatives are expected to stimulate regional economy and promote employment, which helps to increase income and alleviate poverty [39].…”

Section: Land Usementioning

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Development of Superior Plantation Commodities Based on Sustainable Development

Syahza¹,

Bakce²,

Irianti³

et al. 2021

IJSDP

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Riau is an Indonesian province known for its large plantations. The plantation business makes the most significant contribution to the fiscal revenues of the province. This paper aims to innovate rural economy through the sustainable development of superior commodities in the plantation sub-sector of agriculture. Specifically, multi-criteria analysis (MCA) was performed to determine the superior commodities in each locality. The results show that the superior commodities include palm oil, rubber, coconut, cocoa, coffee, and sago. The development of these commodities could boost farmers’ income with the added value of planation products. On this basis, the fair use of land for all categories was highlighted from social, economic, and environmental perspectives, and recognized as essential to the development of sustainable plantations, which are integral to rural economy and land sustainability. The proposed development strategy for superior commodities in plantation is in line with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Riau Province, Indonesia.

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“…In Cambodia and Vietnam (Kissinger 2020) expansion of rubber area is clearly linked to international prices, with harvested area of rubber in Vietnam contracting following price crashes in 2016, while Cambodian industrial plantations are required by law to keep planting, but incorporate cashew and pepper to boost income . In northern Laos, expansion of rubber showed characteristics of path-dependency or lock-in of land use transitions beyond an initial trigger (such as temporarily high prices (Junquera et al 2020)). Here, differences in income between subsistence swidden cultivation and rubber are large, even when rubber prices are low, and people perceived prices as likely to increase again in future.…”

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Rubber needs to be included in deforestation-free commodity legislation

Warren‐Thomas

Ahrends

Wang

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Natural rubber production uses increasing amounts of land in the tropics and is linked to deforestation. There is debate as to whether current legislative proposals to reduce the import of deforestation-linked commodities into the EU, US and the UK will include rubber. Globally, sustained growth in demand is chiefly driven by tyre production, linked to rising freight and passenger transport flows. Yields of natural rubber remain static, meaning increased plantation area will be required: 2.7 to 5.3 million ha of additional harvested area could be needed by 2030 to meet demand. In order to prevent further deforestation and associated biodiversity loss, millions of smallholder growers producing the majority of rubber globally need support to increase production from existing plantations and close yield gaps, without undermining long-term sustainability through soil or water degradation. Rubber should also be included in legislative proposals to reduce deforestation in supply chains to avoid undermining the impact of these ambitious initiatives on forest loss globally.

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From global drivers to local land-use change: understanding the northern Laos rubber boom

Cited by 26 publications

References 67 publications

Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

Development of Superior Plantation Commodities Based on Sustainable Development

Rubber needs to be included in deforestation-free commodity legislation

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