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Will Increased Food Production Devour Tropical Forest Lands?

2014-04-10 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment: I once stumbled out of a jungle in the Congo Basin and startled two Bantu farmers -- both women -- tending a small field. I spoke no Bantu and they no French, and so we just stared at each other, a little warily, until one of their toddlers wailed and we all shared a laugh. For the Bantu, farming has changed little in 3,000 years. The women still work small farming plots made by slashing and burning the rainforest. Small-scale farmers, such as these Bantu women in Gabon, have a relatively light...

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