Complex sentence: Furthermore, land used for rubber production is being converted to palm oil plantations in order to produce biofuel and labor costs also hinder the profitability of "H. brasiliensis" plantations, as each tree must be manually tapped in order to harvest its latex.
Split into simpler sentences: Furthermore, land used for rubber production is being converted to palm oil plantations in order to produce biofuel. Labor costs also hinder the profitability of "H. brasiliensis" plantations, as each tree must be manually tapped in order to harvest its latex.