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Shifting Cultivation, Gender and REDD+

‘Shifting Cultivation, Gender and REDD+’* is the name of a meeting I attended yesterday at the office of a USAID contractor in Washington, DC.  It was a refreshing combination of GIS and remote sensing experts on the one hand, and … Continue reading

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On Swiddens, Swiddeners and the Passions of Those who Study Them

I stop in the midst of writing an academic treatise on swidden agriculture globally. The paper is full of rationality and reason, carefully constructed sentences, the making of valid statements, supported by believable evidence. Yet, bubbling beneath this rational superficiality … Continue reading

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