Unwritten social rules, not government oversight, help keep forest land sustainable

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Jul 25, 2026, 5:00 pm402 ptsTop
Swidden agriculture—often called "slash-and-burn"—has been practiced on every inhabited continent throughout human history, and for decades it has been blamed for the destruction of the world's rainforests. However, a new study of more than 18,000 forest patches around the world found that the environmental…

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