The growing global need for latex is driving rubber plantation (RP) expansion since the last
century, with> 2 Mha of cultivation area being established in the last decade. Southeast Asia …

Abstract The “Global Aridity Index and Potential Evapotranspiration Database-Version
3”(Global-AI_PET_v3) provides high-resolution (30 arc-seconds) global hydro-climatic data …

Rapid expansion of natural rubber plantations in South-East Asia and other regions has
greatly altered ecosystem based carbon (C) stocks with potential impacts on climate change …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its …

Rare and endangered plants (REPs) act as key indicators for species habitat priorities, and
can thus be critical in global biodiversity protection work. Human activities and climate …

Natural rubber has been an essential commodity not only for the tyre industry but also for
more than 50,000 products that hold elasticity as an attribute. Rubber is obtained from the …

Gentiana rigescens is an economically important medicinal plant in the subtropical zone in
Asia. However, it is unclear how its distribution responds to climate change in the future. This …

Background Despite the popularity of modern medicine, medicinal plants remain a
cornerstone of treatment for numerous diseases, particularly among ethnic groups and tribal …

Natural vegetation is important for ecosystem services (ESs) provision, but is decreasing
rapidly due to human-driven land use change, especially rapid expansion of commercial …

Payment schemes for ecosystem services such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
and forest Degradation (REDD) rely on the prediction of 'business-as-usual'scenarios to …