The short and forgotten history of rubber in Madagascar: The first controversy between biodiversity conservation and natural resource exploitation = La courte histoire oubliée du caoutchouc à Madagascar : la première controverse entre conservation de la biodiversité et exploitation des ressources naturelles = La breve y olvidada historia del caucho en Madagascar: Primera controversia entre conservación de la biodiversidad y explotación de recursos naturales

Danthu P., Razakamanarivo R.H., Deville-Danthu B., Razafy Fara L., Le Roux Y., Penot E.
2016

From 1891 to 1914, Madagascar was producing forest rubber for export to Europe. Although Madagascar's contribution to the world rubber market was very modest, this episode had major consequences for the island's ecology. Many endemic species were exploited, with a view to maximising short-term productivity with no consideration for sustainability. This was one of the first cases of biological ...

Production forestière; Histoire; Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières