Natural rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) latex is an important industrial component, and demand is projected to increase with the growth of the global economy. Cultivation of rubber is also a potential path out of poverty for many smallholders. However,…

At a glanceThe humid tropics with 2.9 billion people, most of which are poor farmers on about 3 billion hectares of land, are critical to local, regional and global food supplies, and central to the maintenance of global biodiversity. A typical…

Working primarily on water governance issues in the Himalayan countries China, Pakistan and Nepal, the project's main concerns are improving the livelihoods and wellbeing of Asian Highland people that is consistent with their own culture through…

The "Asian Highlands", a vast mountainous area including the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, are the main source of Asia's rivers, sustaining some 3 billion downstream dwellers. In recent years, the Highlands have been warming at greater than global…

Plant soil feedback systems are representative of the process in which plants influence the soil, in terms of chemistry, geochemistry and biology, which in turn influence the growth of other plants in those soils. Thus, to better understand forest…

Phosphate mining activity leaves behind soils with elevated concentrations of several heavy metals. This study aims at testing the distribution of these metals in soils, trees, and intercrops of agroforestry systems and their immobilization…

BackgroundAsia is emerging as the main engine of economic growth in the world. Despite this new-found wealth, two-thirds of the Earth's poor still live in this region. Efforts to protect the natural environment have too often not only failed but…

TUL-SEA - Trees in multi-Use Landscapes in South East AsiaContact(s):Diah WulandariTimeframe:May 2007 - April 2010Funding:Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)…