As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to tap his rubber trees. Drop by drop, he collects the milky white sap, known ...

XAPURI, Brazil -- Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides his long, scarred, ...

Deep in Amazonia, Raimundo Pereira expertly cuts a gash in a rubber tree to collect white sap destined for the nearby factory at Xapuri, the world’s only producer of contraceptives made from tropical ...

Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from a hevea tree (Hevea brasiliensis) near his home – Copyright AFP Pablo PORCIUNCULA As the sun rises over the Amazonian ...

However, a recent revival of the rubber tapper trade in the impoverished northern region of Brazil has brought new hope to the area. As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato ...