3400 x 5100 px | 28,8 x 43,2 cm | 11,3 x 17 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
16. März 2006
Ort:
Malaysia Asia
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Peninsular Malaysia is among the world’s most important rubber growing areas. Altogether Malaysia produces almost 20% of the world’s natural rubber. A good deal of Malaysia’s rubber comes from thousands of privately owned plots of land called smallholdings, which are usually about 2 hectares. The rest is grown on big estates owned by various companies; each can cover over a thousand hectares. Altogether, Malaysia has 1.7 million hectares of rubber. Rubber tapping is the process by which rubber is gathered. An incision is made in the bark of a rubber tree, which cuts through the latex vessels that flow between the bark and the cambium. The latex then drips into a vessel
