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FIGURE 10.4
Managing fire in a slash and burn agroecosystem in Tabasco, Mexico.
A small firebreak separates the fire from
future slash and nearby crops.
FIGURE 10.5
Pattern of shifting cultivation in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico.
Fallow plots of various ages are clearly seen
next to plots being farmed. Farmers say that a 15 to 20 years fallow period is required for the system to be sustainable over the long
term. Pressures to shorten this fallow period are many.
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