History and Biology of Slash and Burn in the Amazon

(WWF 2013) Slash and burn agriculture is a technique used by many people and corporations to grow food crops in areas of...

Perspective: Indigenous People

(SI 2013) The Amazon is home to 350 different ethnic peoples, around 60 of these groups are still uncontacted meaning they have ne...

Perspective: Subsistence Farmers

(Edwards 2013) Slash and burn agriculture is detrimental to the Amazon, but ...

Perspective: Environmentalists

The Amazon rainforest is a diverse area and the activists and organizations that wish to protect it often have very diverse reas...