Returning the biomass from logging to the soil and planting legume cover crops enable rapid restoration of the main soil functions, just 18 months after clear-cutting of an aging rubber plantation. A team of scientists has demonstrated this in two sites in Côte d'Ivoire since 2017. While pressure on land and the fight against deforestation mean producers are obliged to continuously replant on the same plots, this finding shows that agroecological practices can increase the sustainability of rubber plantations.