“Long before this smuggling episode, there was some enthusiasm for ‘natural theology’, particularly in the British Empire. The argument was that, although the unity of the Garden of Eden had been lost ...

Rubber tree plantations developed mostly in Southeast Asia due to the advantages of having cultivation concentrated in one region, such as lower costs and higher production efficiency.

In the early 20th century, the Amazon rainforest witnessed one of the bloodiest periods in its history, its rubber trees exploited to extract the precious latex needed to feed the demands of ...