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What is Shifting Cultivation?
Small Scale Farming meaning they slash and burn trees and vegetation, grow and harvest crops but when the soil starts to lose its goodness; the tribe would move to another part of the forest allowing the vegetation to grow back.
More tribes in the Amazon rainforest than anywhere else in the world.
Many indigenous people → adapted to life in rainforests; an example of a tribe in the rainforest = Kayapo Tribe.
There are more tribes in the Amazon rainforest than anywhere else in the world. Many indigenous people have adapted to life in the rainforests; an example of a tribe located in the rainforest in the Kayapo Tribe.
More tribes in the Amazon rainforest than anywhere else in the world.
Many indigenous people → adapted to life in rainforests; an example of a tribe in the rainforest = Kayapo Tribe.
There are more tribes in the Amazon rainforest than anywhere else in the world. Many indigenous people have adapted to life in the rainforests; an example of a tribe located in the rainforest in the Kayapo Tribe.
Kayapo = Hunter gatherers/subsidence farmers
Hunting and fishing, gathering nuts and berries, and growing Beans, Corn, Bananas ect. However only hunt/grow food for population so nothing-wasted.
They are hunter gatherers or subsidence farmers who make a living by hunting and fishing, gathering nuts and berries, and growing Beans, Corn, Bananas ect.However they only hunt/grow food for their population so nothing is wasted.
Sustainable → unlike many companies eg. mining → only clear a small area of land.
When →chop down trees & grow crops > don’t use chemicals on soil.
Burn leftover woodland using ash.
^ Doesn’t pollute rivers = more sustainable.
This is sustainable as unlike many companies eg. mining they only clear a small area of land. When they chop down the trees and grow crops they don’t use chemicals on the soil. Instead they burn leftover woodland using the ash. This doesn’t pollute rivers which is more sustainable.
When can’t grow enough food anymore - Kayapo abandon the area allowing it to grow back - small plot surrounded by trees.
33% deforestation caused due.
When they can’t grow enough food anymore the Kayapo abandon the area allowing it to grow back as it is a small plot surrounded by trees, but still 33% of deforestation is caused due to slash and burn!
