Addicted to rubber.
Addicted to rubber.
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DOI：
10.1126/science.325_564
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发表时间：
2009-07
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
C. Mann
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作者：
C. Mann
长期以来因海洛因、鸦片和其他罂粟制品而声名狼借的金三角，位于老挝、缅甸和中国交界处的多山、森林茂密的地方，现在因另一种植物而闻名：巴西橡胶树，即帕拉橡胶树。金三角地区的橡胶一直是经济与生态之间的经典僵局：单一种植园比这些山区的任何其他合法农业系统都要有利可图，因此无论环境成本如何，它们都不可避免地占了上风。但至少有一些小农已经找到了如何既谋生又将森林恢复到更健康的状态。令人惊讶的是，他们的前进之路是回归该地区最古老的产品之一：茶。不仅如此，他们在森林里，在大树的树冠下，以一种直到最近还被嘲笑为落后和低效的方式种植茶叶。
Long infamous for heroin, opium, and other poppy products, the Golden Triangle, the mountainous, thickly forested intersection of Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma), and China, is now becoming known for another plant: Hevea brasiliensis , the Para rubber tree. Rubber in the Golden Triangle has been a classic standoff between economics and ecology: Monocultural plantations are so much more profitable than any other lawful agricultural system in these hills that they have inevitably prevailed, no matter the environmental cost. But at least some smallholders have found out how to both make a living and restore forests to a healthier state. Surprisingly, their way forward is a return to one of the region9s most ancient products: tea. Not only that, they are growing tea in a way that until recently was derided as backward and inefficient—in the forest, under the canopy of larger trees.