what is Deforestation , cultivation and shifting cultivation ?
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Cutting of forests is called deforestation.
Shifting cultivation is a method of cultivation in which a patch of land is cultivated for few years and after which the land is left to natural vegetation while the cultivation is carried elsewhere.
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a way of farming in some tropical countries in which farmers use an area of land until it cannot be used for growing plants any more, then move on to a new area of landFor thousands of years, and continuing today, native peoples of the Amazon basin have practiced traditional shifting cultivation, which combines farming with forested habitats. Shifting cultivation, sometimes called swidden or slash and burn, is commonly found throughout the Amazon and other tropical regions worldwide.
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