On a rainy March afternoon, Rogério Mendes strides through the dripping vegetation of a tract of virgin Amazonian forest and stops at a tree with scars arranged in neat diagonal rows across its trunk.

As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to tap his rubber trees. Drop by drop, he collects the milky white sap, known ...

XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides his long, scarred, ...

A pioneering ethical fashion company is helping maintain traditional livelihoods and prevent deforestation in the Amazon, writes Matilda Lee Rubber-tapping in the Amazon rainforest is a ...

HAIKOU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- In a bid to tackle the chronic labor shortages plaguing its natural rubber industry, China has unveiled a mobile rubber-tapping robot, marking a leap forward in ...

Rubber tapper Rogerio Mendes shows off his Veja sneakers, received as a prize for his work as a young rubber extractor in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 7, ...

Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from a hevea tree (Hevea brasiliensis) near his home - Copyright AFP Pablo PORCIUNCULA Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from ...