Slash and Burn Agriculture, Effects of

Hauser, Stefan; Norgrove, Lindsey (2024). Slash and Burn Agriculture, Effects of In: Schneider, Samuel M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity 4 (pp. 208-227). Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00141-9

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Slash-and-burn is a generic term for agricultural systems in which the fallow vegetation is slashed, left to dry and burned before cultivating crops. Currently, 200–500 million people worldwide use slash-and-burn agriculture, and it has been estimated to cover 259 million hectares. Slash-and-burn agriculture can be sustainable if cropping phases are short and fallow length sufficient to attain full recovery of the vegetation and soil properties before another cycle. Both, destruction of the vegetation and fire are detrimental for biodiversity. However, the effects are modified by the amount of fallow biomass burned, burn intensity, relative length of the cropping and the spatial scale of burning.

Item Type:	Book Section (Encyclopedia Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture > International Agriculture and Rural Development
Name:	Hauser, Stefan; Norgrove, Lindsey and Schneider, Samuel M.
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QH Natural history S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) S Agriculture > SB Plant culture S Agriculture > SD Forestry
ISBN:	9780323984348
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Lindsey Norgrove
Date Deposited:	09 Feb 2024 10:33
Last Modified:	09 Feb 2024 10:33
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00141-9
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.21118
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/21118