TOKYO — With a goal of doubling natural rubber harvest volumes by 2035, Bridgestone Corp. is planning to invest $26.7 million in the coming five to six years in its natural rubber (NR) plantations in ...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Separatist militants attacked workers on a state-run rubber plantation in restive southwestern Cameroon, chopping off their fingers because the men had defied an order to stay ...

Demand for natural rubber fuelled by the tyre industry is threatening protected parts of Southeast Asia - according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). A new study published today ...

A delegation of forest activists from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria traveled to Zaventem, Belgium, to stage a protest in June outside the headquarters of SIAT (Societe d'Investissement pour ...

National Rubber Producers Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NARPPMAN), Southwest zone, has sought attention of the Federal Government on rubber plantation and production. It said going ...

Satellite data indicate the rubber plantation, operated by China-owned Sud Cameroun Hévéa (Sudcam), is currently less than one kilometer away from intact primary forest habitat. Development is ongoing ...

Demand for natural rubber fueled by the tire industry is threatening protected parts of Southeast Asia, according to new research. Researchers say that the extent of the problem is comparable to oil ...