He was almost single-handedly responsible for the collapse of the Amazon rubber boom-British owned plantations in Asia were much more efficient and outproduced Brazil, primarily because diseases that impacted rubber trees in the Amazon did not exist in Asia.
He was almost single-handedly responsible for the collapse of the Amazon rubber boom. British owned plantations in Asia were much more efficient. British owned plantations in Asia outproduced Brazil. Diseases did not exist in Asia. These Diseases impacted rubber trees in the Amazon.