Slash and burn

The film I chose to do a critical analysis of the cinematic elements of is "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly." The Good, The Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Spaghetti Western film, directed by Sergio Leone, it was marketed as the third installment of what became known as the Dollars Trilogy. The film is about three outlaws during the civil war that try to outsmart each other in a journey to unearth a fortune in stolen gold buried in an unmarked grave. Clint Eastwood stars as the main character…

Discovery as a process produces challenges, nevertheless can the impact of discovery be ultimately joyful? Simon Nasht’s documentary ‘Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History’ (TMWMH) and Richard Flanagan’s ‘The Narrow Road to The Deep North’ (‘Narrow Road’) reveal that although discovery can create joy for some, it does not necessarily mean joy for all. These texts expose that challenges evoke and emotional discovery that can range from fulfilment to despair, rediscovery is completed in the hope…

The pros of slash-and-burn are an increase in food production without intensive labor, a lot of the work can be done by hand, the ashen remains of the burnt trees leave nutrients in the soil to help plants grow and if done properly it enriched soil and can be regenerative and productive in tropical rainforests (152). But the cons remain and include the burning of forests to accommodate for farmland, then after a few years the fields are abandoned and planting shifts to a new location. If done…

high altitudes in the mountainous regions of the country and grow crops including maize, beans, rice and sorghum (Nations Encyclopedia, 2001). In order to control the pests, weeds and diseases, smallholder farmers usually use agrochemicals and slash and burn farming method, which is not environmentally friendly and even has negative…

deforestation. These activities included a method called slashing and burning. Increasing rates in Deforestation, due to this slash and burn method, led to little food within the Mayans empire which slowly lead to none at all. They were forced to abandon their flourishing empire after a tragedy that would affect them forever.…

This technique required large plots of land, approximately 4.1 acres per person in the family. The technique required an individual to cut down a plot of forest, allow it to dry, and then burn it. The purpose of burning the land was to allow the nutrients created from burning it to enter back into the ground; therefore, fertilizing the crop. Once the fields were burned no further work needed to be done. The farmer would essentially just…

1). As people need space to grow crops, they look for forests to chop down to create an open land, the results is a decrease of trees. The encyclopedia of science states that slash-and-burn often permanently converts the tropical rain forest into farmland, which leads to severe environmental problems” (Slash and burn Agriculture, 2015, para. 2). Along with the fact that it loses land for the environment, but it also causes more problems such as carbon…

met(Pros and Cons of Deforestation). In agriculture, the slash and burn technique is also used most commonly, providing weed free and rich soil for crops to grow. The land like in cattle ranching, overtime becomes poor and unable to grow crops. So farmers again, for countless times, move on to another patch of land(Rainforest Concern.). Like the solution provided for cattle ranching, this can be applied to agriculture. Rather than using slash and burn technique on a large scale, use it on small…

the idea that a future without social welfare programs is a harsh, uncaring world that lacks empathy, authors like Jana Kasperkevic in “Welfare Programs Shown to Reduce Poverty in America” describe the tactics of those who would cut funding as “slash-and-burn,” with ideologies that…

Due to human activity the lungs of the earth are slowly dying. 20% of the earths’ oxygen is provided by the Amazon Rainforest (“25+ Spectacular Facts”). This statistic does not include smaller forests such as temperate forests, boreal forests, and coniferous forests. These forests make a small impact on overall oxygen levels, but their contribution will be noticed if they disappear. A forest can be described as a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush (“Forest”). The…