GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A tourist attraction in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, located near the District Office, is believed to be the first rubber tree planted in Malaysia, in 1877. It was one of the nine seedlings brought over by Henry Nicholas Ridley, who became director of The Singapore Botanic Gardens in 1888.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 2021, the total production of rubber in Malaysia amounted to approximately 470 thousand metric tons. Malaysia is one of the world’s leading producers of rubber and rubber products.

Detailed explanation-3: -Natural rubber is cultivated in 16 states in India. With over 600, 000 hectares, Kerala tops rubber cultivation, followed by Tripura with over 85, 038 hectares under plantation. Other major natural rubber producers are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam and other northeastern states.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since the first rubber plantation in Malaya was established in 1896, the rubber industry has grown tremendously into the present Malaysia. There were 218, 900 hectares of rubber planted area in Malaya in 1910 [1] as compared to 1.066 million hectares of rubber planted area in Malaysia in 2014 [2].

Detailed explanation-5: -Malaysia had an ideal climate, soil for rubber and plenty of land. Production increased dramatically after the 1890s when there was a huge surge in demand for rubber. For many years tin and rubber were Malaysia’s primary exports. By the 1930s, Malaysia produced half of the world’s rubber.