Read yourself, got this from YOUR post: "for example in eastern Madagascar the following scenario occurs commonly. The first wave might be cutting of all trees for wood use. A few years later, saplings are harvested to make charcoal, and within the next year the plot is burned to create a quick flush of nutrients for grass"
^^^ LOL ^^^ You cited a commercial agricultural technique that didnt work, and pick a little piece out of it in an ATTEMPT to justify your personal.... STRESS TRRAINING, lol
Hey Dip-
My Dads Thesis was on fire science in relation to forestation "control Burning" - a practice that natives to the americas used for centuries (MY ANCESTORS DIPP), it was exacted as a horticultural Science you will Obviously Never Understand.
He is a Practicing Botanist by the way. I have sooo much respect for this guy..... he gets paid to travel the world and educate people about land management on large and small scale, and horticultural practices. Do you know what that is?
Why you try to argue with science, and what is KNOWN.... is beyond all of us.
Slash and Burn is NOT PRACTICED in the United States- Control Burning is.... they are both large scale forestation (deforestation) practices, that have hundreds of years of measured results.
Fire and ash are necessary parts of nature you dont understand.
This is bringing us into MY profession.... Horticulture, land management, forest RESTORATION and preservation, landscaping, tree service and care, gardening.... Horticulture consultation....
You work at a Mall right... minimum wage right. Dont ever have kids man.