Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.

刀耕火种的传统耕作方式已经使土壤枯竭了。

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Low-level slash and burn farming doesn't harm rainforest.

低水平的刀耕火种不会损害雨林。

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This is especially so in desperately poor countries, where residents in the countryside slash and burn forests each growing season to clear space for farming.

在极度贫困的国家更是如此，那里的农村居民在每个生长季节都要砍伐和烧毁森林，来为农业腾出空间。

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Indeed very little has changed in the last century: swidden (slash and burn) farming and ancient customs are still observed, and the shaman still holds sway in most villages, despite the presence of mobile phones and satellite TV.

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But when I went to visit a recently-created forest reserve, in which slash-and-burn farming has been strictly banned, I didn't see too much evidence of locals being consulted.

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