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.