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'''Slash-and-burn agriculture''' is a rotating cultivation [[technique]] in which trees are cut down and burned in order to clear land for temporary [[agriculture]]; the [[land]] is used until its productivity declines at which point a new plot is selected and the process repeats; this [[practice]] is sustainable while population levels are low and time is permitted for [[regrowth]] of natural vegetation; conversely, where these conditions do not [[exist]], the [[practice]] can have disastrous consequences for the environment. | '''Slash-and-burn agriculture''' is a rotating cultivation [[technique]] in which trees are cut down and burned in order to clear land for temporary [[agriculture]]; the [[land]] is used until its productivity declines at which point a new plot is selected and the process repeats; this [[practice]] is sustainable while population levels are low and time is permitted for [[regrowth]] of natural vegetation; conversely, where these conditions do not [[exist]], the [[practice]] can have disastrous consequences for the environment. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:22, March 11, 2009
Land in Panama to which slash and burn has been applied
Slash-and-burn agriculture is a rotating cultivation technique in which trees are cut down and burned in order to clear land for temporary agriculture; the land is used until its productivity declines at which point a new plot is selected and the process repeats; this practice is sustainable while population levels are low and time is permitted for regrowth of natural vegetation; conversely, where these conditions do not exist, the practice can have disastrous consequences for the environment.