Robert Valentic / Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) on rubber plantation at Phak Lok, Phuket Island, Thailand .

Murray Cooper / Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis) with sap used for rubber, South America

David Woodfall / Residents walking through February 2014 floods from River Thames, Wraysbury, Surrey, England, UK, 16th February 2014.

Chris Mattison,Chris Mattison / Rubber Boa (Charina bottae) in defensive posture, raising tail to mimic head. California, USA, November.

Pete Oxford / Boy sitting on rolls of Balata made from latex collected from Balata / Bullet Wood tree, Nappi, Rupununi, Guyana, used for crafts, February 2010

Pete Oxford / Man (a balata bleeder, Anton Clarence) collecting natural latex from the Balata / Bullet wood tree (Manilkara bidentata), Katoka, Rupununi, Guyana, Model released

Toby Roxburgh / Cleaning and processing of King scallops (Pecten genus) prior to auction at Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Red rubber boat with two expedition members circle floating iceberg, summer season, Labrador Sea, Labrador, Canada

Sergio Hanquet / Marine pollution, - rubber car tyres on seabed, Canary Islands. 2014.

Juergen Freund / Discarded rubber tyre in the sandy shallows. Plastic from tyres are major source of ocean pollution, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Men unloading balls of natural rubber from pick up truck, Krabi province, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Asia

Juan Carlos Munoz / Rubber tree tapping on plantation, Krabi province, Andaman Sea, Thailand.