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GCSE Geography · key term
A method of clearing land by cutting vegetation and then burning it.
Used by Edexcel
Specification 3.5 · Paper 1
Revise: Economic and Social Causes of DeforestationVegetation may be cut and burned to prepare the land: this is slash and burn, a clearance method rather than a separate economic motive.
Distinguish the cause from the method: demand for farmland is a cause; slash and burn is a way of clearing vegetation.
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