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Slash-and-burn agriculture (view source)
Revision as of 21:22, March 11, 2009
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[[Image:Slashandburnedforest.jpg|thumb|right|300px|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.
'''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.
[[category:environment]]
[[Category:Environment]]