Africa’s baobab trees can live for more than 2,000 years — but many are mysteriously dying By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted June 13, 2018 12:16 pm Updated June 13, 2018 12:19 pm ...

The Journal of African History, Vol. 24, No. 3 (1983), pp. 369-379 (11 pages) In the decade before the First World War, when prices were buoyant, twenty-two British rubber companies were floated for ...

Raymond Dumett, The Rubber Trade of the Gold Coast and Asante in the Nineteenth Century: African Innovation and Market Responsiveness, The Journal of African History, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1971), pp. 79-101 ...

Rubber poses a bigger threat to Africa than the bloc’s imports of palm oil, yet it is not included in a law designed to stop trees being cut down outside of the EU.

The "EU demand for rubber is the most important contributor to Europe’s deforestation footprint across West and Central Africa," Global Witness says. #EuropeNews ...