" In July 2009, the Lao-Thai Hua Rubber Company submitted a proposal to register some of its rubber plantations as an afforestation/reforestation project under the Clean Development Mechanism"
" This proposal triggered a lively debate among various stakeholders (public,
private, NGOs, and development projects) whether rubber companies, often singled out as
responsible for massive deforestation, could also benefit from Clean Development or REDD+
mechanisms for their perceived role in increasing carbon sequestration. "