Environmental issues in Peru
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The principal environmental issues in Peru are water pollution, soil erosion, pollution and deforestation. Although these issues are problematic and equally destructive, the Peruvian Environmental min
Plastic waste accumulating near a construction waste site in Peru.
Deforestation of a Rainforest.
Deforestation in Barrio Floridos, Iquitos.
A recently deforested area in Nueva Cajamarca (Rioja, San Martin, Péru).
Slash-and-burn agriculture
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Slash-and-burn agriculture is a form of shifting cultivation in agriculture that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The process begi
Environmental issues in Peru
…erosion is dominant in Sierra. Erosion also occurs in the High Selva when vegetation is cleared and in Low Selva where they get much rain on areas under slash and burn practises. The use of contoured lines, cover crops and mulching can control erosion to some extent depending on the climate and the slope. In addition…
Slash-and-burn agriculture in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Slash-and-burn agriculture in Maaninka, Finland, in the 1920s
A recently burned area at the Telkkämäki Heritage Farm in Finland, demonstrating the technique.
Slash-and-burn in Småland, Sweden (1904)