Exploring innovative strategies for livelihoods in a slash-and-burn context in Madagascar : experiencing the role of huma geography in sustainability-oriented research

Slash-and-burn agriculture on the eastern escarpment of Madagascar is held responsible for the ongoing deforestation of the remaining primary forests. Further consequences attributed to the method are the degradation of fallow land, resulting in a loss of productivity, which is considered to be a th...

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Main Author: P. Messerli
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Copernicus Publications
Series:Geographica Helvetica
Online Access:http://www.geogr-helv.net/61/266/2006/gh-61-266-2006.pdf