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Researcher finds negative effects of colonization on slash-and-burn farming method in western Borneo
04-24-2007 · EurekAlert!A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia has examined the slash-and-burn farming method traditionally used by the Iban, a widespread indigenous population that lives in northwestern Borneo in Southeast Asia. Researchers have long argued about the environmental effects of this type of agriculture.
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