tailieunhanh - Spatial-temporal Dynamics of Rubber Plantation in the Border Region of China, Laos and Myanmar: 1980-2010

Stakeholder and biodiversity at the local level is a three-year collaboration between the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). Tropenbos International-Vietnam (TBI-V) has been a very helpful collaborator for coordinating the project activities. The project goal is to contribute to the enhancement of the livelihoods of local forest dependent communities and sustainable forest management. The project aims to strengthen local capacity to plan and implement locally relevant forest landscape management as a mechanism to achieve those goals. It focuses on situations where decentralization has given local government more authority and responsibility for forests. The. | Spatial-temporal Dynamics of Rubber Plantation in the Border Region of China Laos and Myanmar i980-2010 Luguang Jiang Zhiming Feng Xiaona Liu Peng Li and Jinghua Zhang Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China 100101 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research. GAS Background RS Interpretation of Rubber Plantation Spatial-temporal Pattern of Rubber Plantation Topographic Features of Rubber Plantation Summary and Prospect Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research. GAS Background Rubber plantation was introduced to this region in 1940s. BRCLM is the key region of opium poppy substitution planting under international cooperation. Rubber as the main cash crop for opium poppy substitution planting more income for local farmers less drugs for the .