‘‘Slash and Burn’’ and ‘‘Shifting’’ cultivation systems in forest agriculture frontiers from the Brazilian Amazon

Nathalie van Vliet; Cristina Adams; Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira; Ole Mertz

doi:10.1080/08941920.2013.820813

‘‘Slash and Burn’’ and ‘‘Shifting’’ cultivation systems in forest agriculture frontiers from the Brazilian Amazon

Nathalie van Vliet, Cristina Adams, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Ole Mertz

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We analyze changes in the extent of slash and burn cultivation (SBC) and shifting cultivation (SC) and the main drivers of change observed in the last 10 years across the Brazilian Amazon. Our results show that SC is stable in indigenous and caboclo communities from Amazonas and Acre. SBC increases along new roads, illustrating how roads shape deforestation frontiers beyond the "arc of deforestation." In established forest frontiers, the conversion of forests into pasture or cash crops through SBC continues to increase locally, but smallholders' diversification strategies translate into complex land uses with both the increase and decrease of SBC and SC observed locally. Secure land tenure, access to markets, and population increase appear to be driving to the classic intensification path. Overall, access to cash transfer programs has helped stabilize forest frontiers as households become less reliant on subsistence agricultural production.

Original language	English
Journal	Society and Natural Resources
Volume	26
Issue number	12
Pages (from-to)	1454–1467
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0894-1920
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2013.820813
Publication status	Published - Dec 2013

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