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Title:Burning in Eastern Africa
Author:Langlands, B.W.
Year:1967
Periodical:East African Geographical Review
Issue:5
Period:April
Pages:21-38
Language:English
Geographic term:East Africa
Subjects:shifting cultivation
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Abstract:This essay reviews the reasons why burning takes place, and what effects it may have. The practice is viewed from the standpoint of different specialist disciplines in a survey of various conflicting interests. An attempt is made to investigate the role of burning as an ecological agent in East Africa and its bearing upon economic development and land-use. Notes.
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