May 22, 2023
Thai farmers tap into sustainable rubber industry
As the world’s largest producer of natural rubber — supplying more than a third of global stocks in 2021 — Thailand’s policies have stimulated massive deforestation, plummeting biodiversity and soaring soil erosion.
The vast majority of the kingdom’s plantations are still worked conventionally, but a few farmers are abandoning pesticides to try and lessen their impact on the environment.
