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shifting cultivation
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a land-use system, esp in tropical Africa, in which a tract of land is cultivated until its fertility diminishes, when it is abandoned until this is restored naturally Translations shifting cultivation n → agricoltura itinerante Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Shifting agriculture, the cutting of trees, and the conversion of forests into large-scale monoculture plantations all contribute to the destruction of forests and the escalation of the human-monkey conflict. And, as Scott is well aware, whatever its virtues, shifting agriculture is not a viable alternative to intensive sedentary agriculture, whether industrial or not. This article focuses on the problem of deforestation in Indonesia; its environmental consequences, economic and social costs, forest policy, forest legislation, government policy on shifting agriculture, conservation areas and national parks, causes of forest degradation, forest management, shifting cultivation, future outlook, and the case studies of logging in East Kalimantan and of Siberut, an island in the Mentawai group off the west coast of Sumatra (Drs. |
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