Defining degradation : the impacts of swidden on forests in Northern Thailand
Culture itinérante ; Dynamique de la végétation ; Défrichement ; Dégradation de l'environnement ; Environnement ; Ethnie ; Forêt ; Thaïlande
Environment ; Environmental degradation ; Ethnic community ; Forest ; Land clearing ; Shifting cultivation ; Thailand ; Vegetation dynamics
A reevaluation of the usual view that shifting cultivation leads to forest degradation, soil erosion, water shortages, and other undesirable changes. Author examines the swidden farming near three upland villages in northern Thailand. swiddens