Rubber tapping

[1][better source needed] Rubber tapping is not damaging to the forest, as it does not require the tree to be cut down in order for the latex to be extracted.

[2] Mono culture rubber tree plantations have far less of an environmental impact than other crops, such as coffee or especially oil palm.

Each night a rubber tapper must remove a thin layer of bark along a downward half spiral on the tree trunk.

The work is done at night or in the early morning before the day's temperature rises,[3][better source needed] so the latex will drip longer before coagulating and sealing the cut.

It involves collecting maximum amount of latex by tapping frequently, making double cuts, using yield simulants, etc.

Rubber tapping in Indonesia , 1951
Rubber tapping in the cool of the night