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October 22, 2014

The Demise of Bio-Cultural Landscapes in Guinea-Bissau

Marina TemudoTropical Research Institute (IICT)African Studies Centre (Oxford University)

Shifting cultivation has been considered a major cause of deforestation and forest degradation many times over by both by scholars and conservation agents. Thus, the adoption of permanent agriculture is advocated as an environmentally friendly alternative, allegedly because it will allow the intensification of land use and the set-aside and protection of forest reserves. The [& ...
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