shifting cultivation> subsistance farming> clear 1 hectare of land> slash and burn>
fertile soil use to plant crops> leaching occurs as less soil protection>
harvesting takes away nutrients> after 5 years the tribe will move> high labour input>
50 years to recover> rainforest being destroyed so the tribes are revisiting areas before thay have recoverd permenantly damaging the rainforest
plantations :jengka triangle malaysia pahang
intensive
monoculture
40500 of oil palm and rubber houses 9000 families
interfer with ecosystem and rainforest destroyed
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