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European foresters considered shifting cultivation as harmful to the forest.

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The above statement is true.
Shifting cultivation is the traditional agriculture practice in many parts of Asia. In shifting cultivation, part of the forest is cut and burnt in rotation. Crops are cultivated there for some years, and then it was left for 12 to 18 years to regain their original position. European foresters considered shifting cultivation harmful to the forests because of various reasons. They thought that land used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for timber And if a forest were burnt, it would add danger because the flames spreading would burn the valuable timber. Moreover, the government could not calculate taxes because of the shifting cultivation. Therefore, the government decided to ban shifting cultivation.

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