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Natural Rubber Systems and Climate Change
Open Digital Workshop
Open Digital Workshop
23-25 June 2020 – 6:00-10:00 GMT
The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) is organizing, with the International Rubber Research and development Board (IRRDB), the CGIAR research program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) led by CIFOR, and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), a digital workshop on natural rubber systems and climate change.
Natural rubber production is impacted by climate change and needs to adapt to it. It can contribute to the adaptation of the populations that draw benefits from it. It can also play a major role in mitigation of climate change, both as a carbon sink and as an alternative to the use of synthetic products. However, natural rubber is rarely integrated in discussions on climate change at international level nor part of climate change related strategies, programs and measures.
The purpose of the workshop is to review recent research results on impacts of climate on rubber production, potential means of adaptation and contribution to mitigation of climate change, to identify knowledge and research gaps as well as recommendations for action.
The workshop is addressed to the members and partners of the participating organizations and open to all.
Agenda
Welcome address
- Salvatore Pinizzotto, Secretary General, IRSG
- Vincent Gitz, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)
- Datuk Dr Abdul Aziz b S A Kadir, Secretary General, IRRDB
- Jerome Sainte Beuve, Rubber Value Chain Correspondent, CIRAD
Session 1: Impact of Climate Change on Rubber and Potential Changes in the Geography of Production
Session 1.1 What do we know about climate change that is meaningful for rubber production?
Chairperson: Dr James Jacob, Director, RRI India
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Impact of Climate Change on Natural Rubber Cultivation in India
[PDF available]
Dr James Jacob, Director, RRI India- Worldwide climate typologies of rubber tree cultivation. Risks and opportunities linked to climate change [PDF available]
E. Gohet (P. Thaler, Y. Nouvellon, R. Lacote and F. Gay), CIRAD - Climate change and rubber tree ecophysiology, what do we know? [PDF available]
P. Thaler (E.Gohet, Y. Nouvellon, R. Lacote, F. Gay and F Do), CIRAD - Impact of climate change on latex harvesting [PDF available]
Mr Tajuddin Ismail (Dr Eric Gohet), IRRDB Fellow - Climate change: Effect of diseases and pest outbreaks on rubber productivity [PDF available]
Dr Nguyen Anh Nghia, IRRDB, Liasion Officer for Plant Protection
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- Q & A
Session 1.2 – Country Experiences
Chairperson: Datuk Dr Abdul Aziz b S A Kadir, Secretary General, IRRDB
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- Tornado disaster assessment of rubber plantations in Western Hainan Island using time series images of Landsat and Sentinel-2 [PDF available]
Dr Chen Bangqian, CATAS, P.R. China - Climate Change: A planter’s experience with disease outbreaks and the challenges to achieve productivity targets [PDF available]
Mr Ashdeepak Singh, Estate Manager, Peninsula Forest Management Sdn Bhd, Selangor, Malaysia - Climate change and its impact on the outbreak of Pestalotiopsis epidemic of Hevea in South Sumatra [PDF available]
Dr Tri Rapani Febbiyanti, Indonesian Rubber Research Institute - Management of Pestalotiopsis outbreak in a rubber plantation in North Sumatra [PDF available]
Dr Zaida Fairuzah, Indonesian Rubber Research Institute - Preparedness of the Sri Lankan Rubber Sector to minimize the impact of Climate Change [PDF available]
Dr Wasana Wjiesuriya, Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka - Q & A
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