Managing rubber plantations towards improved water protection

authored by

Gerhard Langenberger, Hongxi Liu, S. Blagodatskiy, Georg Cadisch, M. Krauss, J. Wang, T. Aenis, Shi Min, Hermann Waibel

Abstract

Rubber plantations became a considerable element of Mainland South East Asia, often dominating whole landscapes. The expansion of rubber plantations took place on behalf of diverse, traditional land-use systems and near-natural or old growth forests, especially mountainous and formerly remote areas, which became accessible due to infrastructure development. This land-use transformation inevitably affects Ecosystem Functions and Services, one of it being the provisioning of water in general and drinking water in particular.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics

External Organisation(s)

University of Hohenheim
University of Stuttgart
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin)

Type

Conference contribution

Pages

1344

No. of pages

1

Publication date

2017

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Environmental Science

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 15 - Life on Land