Essays about: "slash-and-burn cultivation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words slash-and-burn cultivation.

  1. 1. Trädans betydelse i odlingssystemen och dess effekter på näringsutlakning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Hanna Falk; [2017]
    Keywords : biologisk mångfald; kväveutlakning; grönträda; stubbträda; svartträda; ekologisk fokusareal;

    Abstract : For more than 10 000 years ago man turned from being a hunter to conduct agriculture. Agriculture has since then developed and from the Stone Age until today four different crop cultivation systems can be distinguished; slash and burn farming, agricultural mower, agricultural crop rotation and agricultural industry. READ MORE

  3. 2. Individuals or associations? : a systemic inquiry of farmers’ collaboration and institutions involvement in charcoal production in Santa Catarina, Brazil

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ana Beatriz Chiste Brandão; [2017]
    Keywords : Biguaçu; slash and burn; SSM; institution;

    Abstract : Shifting cultivation is a polemic topic as it involves environmental and social aspects which affects the life of many small farmers around the world. There are concerns about deforestation and biodiversity, as well as food provision, and the production of charcoal by farmers to provide for their families. READ MORE

  4. 3. Historical land use in Scandinavia and its influence on carbon storage in soil and peat in the boreal landscape

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Sandra Hahnwald; [2015]
    Keywords : active pipe concept; hay production; medieval crisis; shieling; slash-and-burn cultivation;

    Abstract : The history of land utilization in Scandinavia is characterized by two major periods of open landscape. The first one temporal ranged from cal. AD 0-500 and the second one ranged from cal. AD 1200-1900 including the medieval crisis in Scandinavia. READ MORE

  5. 4. Landskapets historiska utveckling vid den sörmländska gården Barksätter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Mats Daniel Nilsson; [2015]
    Keywords : landskapshistoria; landskapsförändring; historiska kartöverlägg; Mårten Sjöbeck; Södermanland; Östra Vingåker; Barksätter; adelslandskap; säteribildning; röjningsbruk; svedjebruk; vegetationshistoria; agrarhistoria;

    Abstract : Uppsatsen är en undersökning om landskapets historiska utveckling kring den sörmländska gården Barksätter, som ligger utanför Katrineholm, och tidigare i (Östra) Vingåkers socken i Oppunda härad. Den är baserad på en modell för studier av historiska landskap av Clas Tollin (2004). READ MORE

  6. 5. Forest continuity and human impact : vegetation history of Torup forest, southwestern Scania

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Tove Hultberg; [2008]
    Keywords : forest history; beech; Fagus sylvatica; Torup; Scania;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to reconstruct the vegetation history of Torup forest in southwestern Scania, Sweden. Pollen from a small forest hollow was analysed in order to provide data on long-term local forest history beyond the record of maps and written sources. READ MORE