Sökning: "slash-and-burn"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 uppsatser innehållade ordet slash-and-burn.
1. Environmental change during the Holocene : A comparative multi-proxy study of landscape disturbances in Northern Sweden
Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskapSammanfattning : Varved lake sediments were used to provide information on how a landscape is affected by disturbances of different scales, from global (i.e. climatic) to local (i.e. LÄS MER
2. Trädans betydelse i odlingssystemen och dess effekter på näringsutlakning
Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Soil and EnvironmentSammanfattning : For more than 10 000 years ago man turned from being a hunter to conduct agriculture. Agriculture has since then developed and from the Stone Age until today four different crop cultivation systems can be distinguished; slash and burn farming, agricultural mower, agricultural crop rotation and agricultural industry. LÄS MER
3. Individuals or associations? : a systemic inquiry of farmers’ collaboration and institutions involvement in charcoal production in Santa Catarina, Brazil
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : Shifting cultivation is a polemic topic as it involves environmental and social aspects which affects the life of many small farmers around the world. There are concerns about deforestation and biodiversity, as well as food provision, and the production of charcoal by farmers to provide for their families. LÄS MER
4. Pehr Kalm och skogsfinnarna reser västerut: två ontologier möter Amerika
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/HumanekologiSammanfattning : This study deciphers the westbound journey of the Swedish Linnaeus disciple Pehr Kalm, comparing his ontology to that of another category of Swedes crossing the Atlantic: the forest Finns. While Pehr Kalm's travels are financed by The Royal [Swedish] Academy [of Sciences], the forest Finns are initially deported to the "New Sweden" colony. LÄS MER
5. Historical land use in Scandinavia and its influence on carbon storage in soil and peat in the boreal landscape
Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskapSammanfattning : The history of land utilization in Scandinavia is characterized by two major periods of open landscape. The first one temporal ranged from cal. AD 0-500 and the second one ranged from cal. AD 1200-1900 including the medieval crisis in Scandinavia. LÄS MER