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

Gavin Hellier / Rubber tree plantation within Pulau Langkawi, Langkawi Island, Malaysia 2008

Gavin Hellier / Rubber tree plantation within Pulau Langkawi, Langkawi Island, Malaysia 2008

Jabruson / Landa / Ndembo / Silkrubber tree (Funtumia elastica) bark with 30 year-old tapping score marks. Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic.

Pete Oxford / Man (a balata bleeder, Harry Samuels) collecting natural latex from the Balata / Bullet wood tree (Manilkara bidentata), Katoka, Rupununi, Guyana, Model released, February 2010

Pete Oxford / Man (a balata bleeder, Harry Samuels) collecting natural latex from the Balata / Bullet wood tree (Manilkara bidentata), Katoka, Rupununi, Guyana, Model released, February 2010

Pete Oxford / Collecting natural latex from the Balata / Bullet wood tree (Manilkara bidentata), Katoka, Rupununi, Guyana

Thomas Marent / Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis) tapped for sap used as latex, Gunung Leuser National Park, northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Scars of collecting latex on the trunk of the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in the Atlantic Rainforest of Southern Bahia, municipality of Una, southern Bahia State, Eastern Brazil. August

Kevin Schafer / Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis) trunk showing incisions and tap to extract latex, Cameroon

Jose B. Ruiz / Rubber fig tree (Ficus elastica) with buttress roots, Plaza de Gabriel Miró, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Rubber fig tree (Ficus elastica) in Parque de Canalejas, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Buttress roots of Rubber fig tree (Ficus elastica) in city square, Plaza de Gabriel Miró, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Buttress roots of Rubber fig tree (Ficus elastica) in city square, Plaza de Gabriel Miró, Alicante, Spain

Nick Gordon / Man tapping Rubber tree {Hevea brasiliensis} for latex, Rondia State, Amazonia, Brazil.

Luciano Candisani / Rubber tapper extracting latex, Tapajos Arapiuns Reserve, Amazon, Brazil

Bengt Lundberg / Man tapping Rubber tree {Hevea brasiliensis} for latex / sap, Malaysia.

Ingo Arndt / Old Rubber Tree in rainforest showing scars from tapping, Yavari River, Amazon Basin

Ingo Arndt / Old Rubber Tree in rainforest showing scars from repeated tapping, Yavari River, Amazon Basin

John Downer / View down one avenue of trees in Rubber tree plantation {Hevea brasiliensis} Thailand

Nick Garbutt / Collecting latex from Rubber tree {Hevea brasiliensis} Malawi, Southern Africa

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Smoking latex of Rubber tree and extracting rubber ball, Acre, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Smoking latex ball of rubber tree {Hevea brasiliensis} Brazil