As early as 1917, the Michelin company invested in plantations to produce rubber in what is now Vietnam. Here, hevea trees are seen in Southeast Asia in 1913. W. F. de Bois Maclaren, The Rubber Tree Book.

How ongoing deforestation is rooted in colonialism and its management practices

The world’s remaining great primary forests, including those in Borneo, the Amazon and the Congo basin, are still threatened by deforestation. This harmful practice often has colonial origins.
Des hévéas en 1913 en Asie du Sud-Est. W. F. de Bois Maclaren, « The Rubber Tree Book ».

Derrière la déforestation d’aujourd'hui, le spectre de la colonisation et de sa gestion

Bornéo, Amazonie, bassin du Congo… Les grandes forêts primaires qu’il reste sont toujours menacées par la déforestation. Une pratique néfaste qui a bien souvent des origines coloniales.

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