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- Title
Shifting Cultivation: A New Old Paradigm for Managing Tropical Forests.
- Authors
Fox,, Jefferson; Truong,, Dao Minh; Rambo,, A. Terry; Tuyen,, Nghiem Phuong; Cuc,, Le Trong; Leisz, Stephen
- Abstract
Discusses the impact of shifting cultivation, or swidden farming, on deforestation in northern Vietnam. Description of the process, which incorporates slash and burn techniques; Details of social conditions and the ecosystem of Tan Minh village, where swiddening has altered vegetative cover without extensive deforestation; Distinction between deforestation and forest degradation; Outlook for changes in the management of tropical biodiversity.
- Subjects
VIETNAM; SHIFTING cultivation; DEFORESTATION; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY conservation; ECOLOGY
- Publication
BioScience, 2000, Vol 50, Issue 6, p521
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0521:SCANOP]2.0.CO;2