- In efforts of cultural preservation, it is their source of social and economic bonding
- They lack education and training in farming
- No alternative lands to till except their ancestral lands -- the mountains
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farmers can only sustain for 2 consecutive years on the same patch of soil
2 YEARS SUSTAINABILITY
02
continuous recycling of nutrients from soil and tree roots is needed to keep everything fertile and growing
SOIL LOSES ITS FERTILITY
01
03
burning increases release of Carbon into the atmosphere
CLIMATE CHANGE
04
SOIL EROSION
05
AIR POLLUTION
06
ACCIDENTAL FOREST FIRES
Farmer moves to another fresh plot
Plots become infertile
Vegetation is cut down and burned as method of land clearing for cultivation
- In efforts of cultural preservation, it is their source of social and economic bonding
- They lack education and training in farming
- No alternative lands to till except their ancestral lands -- the mountains
WHY DO THEY DO IT?
DANGERS OF KAINGIN
SLASH AND BURN
Ritchie Colmo
an illegal farming practice that involves slashing and burning of trees and plowing the ashes for fertilizer customary to the Dumagats of Tanay, Rizal
WHAT IS THE KAINGIN PRACTICE?
AND WHY WE MUST STOP IT!
KAINGIN