Jade Skirt: Us Maya have really healthy diets ... Also known as ‘swidden’ or ‘slash and burn’ this is when jungle areas are chopped down and burnt. The ash is good for the soil, so ...

Slash-and-burn agriculture is still happening in the jungles of Guatemala, where the Maya once ruled. Despite international efforts to abate clear-cutting, it's still rampant, and rapidly ...

A man stands near burning paddy stubble during a slash-and-burn farming festival on the border of Karen state and southern Shan state in Myanmar - Copyright AFP STR A ...

Once the forest has grown back, many nutrients are again stored in the trunks and foliage, and these are released in the next slash and burn cycle of farming, providing fertilizer for the crop.

But the smoke billowing around Tha Yu village is from "slash and burn" agriculture -- a method also called shifting cultivation, in which patches of wild vegetation are burnt for similar purposes ...

But the smoke billowing around Tha Yu village is from “slash and burn” agriculture – a method also called shifting cultivation, in which patches of wild vegetation are burnt for similar ...

Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar 'slash and burn' festival A charred Myanmar hillside is wreathed by flames, spewing ochre smoke that smothers out sunlight in an apocalyptic scene. Kayah people ...

But the smoke billowing around Tha Yu village is from “slash and burn” agriculture – a method also called shifting cultivation, in which patches of wild vegetation are burnt for similar ...