رجوعUnwritten Social Rules Keep Forest Land Sustainable Through Slash-and-Burn Farming

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Unwritten Social Rules Keep Forest Land Sustainable Through Slash-and-Burn Farming

slash-and-burn farming sustainable forestry community land use

نظرة سريعة

A global study of 18,000 forest patches reveals unwritten social rules in small communities effectively limit slash-and-burn farming's environmental impact, preserving forest health and biodiversity.

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لماذا يهم

Slash-and-burn farming, despite criticisms, is shown to be sustainable under community governance.

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أسئلة مفتوحة

How scalable are these community practices to larger, more industrialized settings?

مواضيع ذات صلة

slash-and-burn farming

أشخاصSean Downey Elinor Ostrom

منظماتThe Ohio State University Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

أماكنCentral America South America sub-Saharan Africa Asia

مواضيعsustainable forestry community land use biodiversity conservation

This article was originally published by TOI World.

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