1. Slash and burn
Deforestation

2. Why is slash and burn bad?
Slash-and-burn farming, also called fire-fallow cultivation, is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The method begins by cutting down the trees and wooden plants in an area. Burning the biomass releases enormous amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Coupled with the loss of carbon-sequestering material, this burning plays a major role in the greenhouse effect. Subsequent land use may be the most important factor in determining the full role played by deforestation in global warming.

3. Why do people slash and burn?
Slash and burn agriculture is a widely used method of growing food in which wild or forested land is clear cut and any remaining vegetation burned. The resulting layer of ash provides the newly-cleared land with a nutrient-rich layer to help fertilize crops. Slash-and-burn agroecosystems are important to rural poor and indigenous peoples in the developing world. Ecologically sound slash-and-burn agriculture is sustainable because it does not depend upon outside inputs based on fossil energy for fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation.

4. How can we stop this?
We can help to save our world by: Using less electricity. Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Volunteer for clean ups in your community. Save water. Shop wisely with less plastic. Use long-lasting light bulbs. Plant a tree.

5. What do people do with the land after slash and burn?
After people have burnt the land the people make space for food farms or houses, but some animals live there and may become extinct. With the wood they have got from the trees the people use it to make paper and furniture. Then to add to that the animals that are dying or are already dead they get the horns off them or sometimes the tusks of elephants. 3.5 billion to 7 billion trees are cut down per year. Here is a picture of the that are trees cut down

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