FSC and the EUDR: what certification actually covers
FSC certification doesn't exempt anyone from the EU Deforestation Regulation. But an independent audit confirms it does most of the heavy lifting —…
Read more →Certified is scarce: the economics of FSC rubber in Thailand
Fewer than one in two hundred hectares of Thai rubber is FSC-certified. As regulation turns certification from a nice-to-have into a condition of…
Read more →Why rubber doesn't bounce back: the structural deficit in natural rubber
Natural rubber has been in deficit for six years running. The causes are structural, not cyclical — and a tree planted today yields nothing for seven…
Read more →When synthetic gets expensive: the NBR–NRL substitution question
When oil spikes, synthetic rubber gets expensive and buyers shift back to natural latex. It has happened in 1973, 1979 and again in 2026. The switch…
Read more →El Niño and the Thai latex supply: a historical view
Rainfall sets the rhythm of a rubber plantation. Fewer tapping days mean less latex — and the historical record in Songkhla shows exactly how climate…
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