Natural Rubber Systems and Climate Change

Session 3: Integration of Rubber in a broad Climate Change and Sustainability Policies, including Economic and Social Dimensions

Chairperson: Datuk Dr Abdul Aziz b S A Kadir, Secretary General, IRRDB

• Natural Rubber a strategic material for a sustainable world  [PDF available]
  Salvatore Pinizzotto, IRSG
• Towards circular bio-economy : a research initiative  [PDF available]
  Christopher Martius, CIFOR
• The Sustainable Wood for a sustainable world initiative and its relevance to the rubber and climate change agenda [PDF available]
  Michael Brady, CIFOR
• FLEGT and other mechanisms to promote wood trade legality and avoided deforestation  [PDF available]
  Paolo Cerutti, CIFOR
• Jurisdictional approaches to land use change and managing competition between rubber sector and other uses [PDF available]
  Amy Duchelle ,CIFOR
• Feedback from a rubber sector perspective (from workshop presenters), Q&A

Session 4: Rubber and Climate Change in the International fora

Chairman: Salvatore Pinizzotto, Secretary General, IRSG

• Opportunities for natural rubber  in international climate change negotiations and mechanisms  [PDF available]
  Vincent Gitz, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)
• Opportunities for natural rubber in NDC (National Determined Contributions) and NAP (National Adaptation Plans) processes [PDF available]
  Alexandre Meybeck ,CIFOR/FTA
• Climate Risks: What a 1.5-degree pathway for Rubber Fora [PDF available]
  Dr Lekshmi Nair, Head of Economics and Statistics, IRSG
• Feedback from a rubber sector perspective (from workshop presenters), Q&A

Session 5: The Way Forward : Short term actions and long term plans (Panel Discussion)

Chairman: Dr Lekshmi Nahir, Head of Economics & Statistics, IRSG
Panelists:

• Jerome Sainte Beuve, Rubber Value Chain Correspondent, CIRAD
• Datuk Dr Abdul Aziz b S A Kadir, Secretary General, IRRDB
• Vincent Gitz, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)
• Salvatore Pinizzotto, Secretary General, IRSG

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Conclusions

Session 1.3 What is the potential impact on rubber production in both traditional and new areas?

Chairperson: Vincent Gitz, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)

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• The place of the rubber tree (Hevea Brasiliensis) in climate change [PDF available]
  Dr K. O. Omokhafe, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria
• Managing soil fertility to improve sustainability of rubber plantations, what do we know? [PDF available]
  F. Gay (A. Brauman, E. Gohet, J.P. Laclau, L. Mareschal, P. Malagoli, A.Thoumazeau, Y. Nouvellon, P. Thaler, T. Perron) CIRAD
• Breeding Clones for non traditional areas  [PDF available]
  Dr Ramli Othman, IRRDB Fellow
• Climatic monitoring and analysis to optimize rubber cultivation  [PDF available]
  Dr Thomas Wijaya, Indonesian Rubber Research Institute

• Q & A

Session 2: Rubber and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Chairperson: Eric Gohet, CIRAD

Session 2.1 How can rubber systems contribute to climate change mitigation?

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• Effects of large scale tree plantations on local climate. What potential for rubber tree plantations?  [PDF available]
  Y. Nouvellon ( P. Thaler, F. Gay, P. Kasemsap, C. Chayawat, D. Satakhun, J. Sathornkich, E. Gohet, R. Lacote, P. Chantuma, J. Guillemot, G. le Maire, J.L. Stape, O. Campoe, and J-P. Laclau), CIRAD
• Improving biodiversity in rubber plantations: a low input strategy to mitigate drought and sustain soil health [PDF available]
  Dr Jessy, M.D., Rubber Research Institute of India
• Product from Specialty Natural Rubber as an Alternative Material to Synthetic Rubber towards application of Naturally Sustainable Resources  [PDF available]
  Dr Fatima Rubaizah (Zameri, Siti Salina, Nik Intan, Nurul Hayati, Roslim, Rohani A.B., Dayzal D., Manroshan S, Mohamad Asri, Amir Hashim), Malaysian Rubber Board, Malaysia
• Modelling the impact of rubber expansion on carbon stocks in the mountaineous of South-West China [PDF available]
  Prof Sergey Blagodatskiy (M. Laub, X. Yang, R.Lang, C.Marohn, H.Liu, J. Xu, G. Candish), Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), University of Hohenheim, Germany
• Climate change and Hevea Species [PDF available]
  Prof. Minami Matsui (Dr Yuko Makita) CATAS, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Tsurumiku, Yokohama, Japan
• Q & A

Session 2.2 What’s the role of rubber systems for adaptation?

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• Rubber Cultivation for enhancement of the environmental and social resilience to Climate Change in drier climates in Sri Lanka [PDF available]
  Dr Lakshman Rodrigo, Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka
• The role of rubber agroforestry in farming systems and its effect on households. Adaptation strategies to climate change risks?  [PDF available]
  Eric Penot (B. Chambon, J.Sainte Beuve) , CIRAD
• Q & A