This is especially so in desperately poor countries, where residents in the countryside slashandburn forests each growing season to clear space for farming.
在极度贫困的国家更是如此,那里的农村居民在每个生长季节都要砍伐和烧毁森林,来为农业腾出空间。
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Traditional slashandburn farming methods have exhausted the soil.
刀耕火种的传统耕作方式已经使土壤枯竭了。
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Slash-and-burn farming can be good for soils provided it doesn't completely burn all the vegetation, and leaves behind charred wood.