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Is There a Continuing Rationale for Swidden Cultivation in the 21st Century?

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Funding for this article was provided by the Danish Social Science Research Council, FSE through the ‘Transition of shifting cultivation systems at the agriculture/forest frontiers – sustainability or demise’ project.

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  1. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark

    N. Van Vliet, O. Mertz & T. Birch-Thomsen

  2. ECOSUR (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur), Av del Centenario Km 5.5, Chetumal, Q. Roo, CP 77014, Mexico

    B. Schmook

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Van Vliet, N., Mertz, O., Birch-Thomsen, T. et al. Is There a Continuing Rationale for Swidden Cultivation in the 21st Century?. Hum Ecol 41, 1–5 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-013-9562-3

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