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Clearing of land

Here are entered works on the removal of trees and bushes from land. Works on bringing wild, waste, or marshy land into a condition for cultivation or other use are entered under Reclamation of land.

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• Reclamation of land

• Deforestation

• Shifting cultivation

• Land clearing

• Farmers in the Forest: Economic Development and Marginal Agriculture in Northern Thailand (Honolulu: Pub. for the East-West Center by the University Press of Hawaii, ca. 1978), ed. by Peter Kunstadter, E. C. Chapman, and Sanga Sabhasri (PDF and Epub at Hawaii)
• Shifting Cultivation in Northern Thailand: Possibilities for Development, by Terry B. Grandstaff (HTML at UNU)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Forest Preservation in a Changing Climate: REDD+ and Indigenous and Community Rights in Indonesia and Tanzania (Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017), by Sébastien Jodoin (HTML and PDF files at Cambridge University Press)

• Forest Preservation in a Changing Climate: REDD+ and Indigenous and Community Rights in Indonesia and Tanzania (Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017), by Sébastien Jodoin (HTML and PDF files at Cambridge University Press)

• Deforestation in Viet Nam, by Rodolphe de Koninck (PDF and HTML with commentary at idrc.ca)

• Because This Land is Who We Are: Indigenous Practices of Environmental Repossession (New York et al.: Bloomsbury Academic, c2024), ed. by Chantelle Richmond, Brad Coombes, and Renee Pualani Louis
  • HTML and PDF with commentary at Bloomsbury Collections
  • PDF and EPub with commentary at OAPEN

• Federal Reclamation And Related Laws Annotated (5 volumes and supplement; Washington: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1972-2001), ed. by Richard K. Pelz, Louis D. Mauro, and Donald L. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)

• Federal Reclamation And Related Laws Annotated (5 volumes and supplement; Washington: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1972-2001), ed. by Richard K. Pelz, Louis D. Mauro, and Donald L. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)

• Success on Irrigation Projects (New York: J. Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, 1928), by John Andreas Widtsoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Palisades Dam and Reservoir Project: Hearings Before a Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of the Committee on Public Lands, House of Representatives, and a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Eighty-First Congress, 1st Session, on H. R. 5506 (Washington: GPO, 1949), by United States House Committee on Public Lands and United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Winning of Barbara Worth, by Harold Bell Wright (Gutenberg text)

• Development Projects in the Sudan: An Analysis of Their Reports With Implications for Research and Training in Arid Land Management (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, c1979), by Heinz-Ulrich Thimm (HTML at UNU Press)

• Research and Training for Management of Arid Lands: With Special Reference to Anglophone Africa and the University of Khartoum (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, c1980), ed. by J. A. Mabbutt (HTML at UNU Press)

• Research and Training for Management of Arid Lands: With Special Reference to Anglophone Africa and the University of Khartoum (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, c1980), ed. by J. A. Mabbutt (HTML at UNU Press)

• Obstacles to Tree Planting in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands: Comparative Case Studies from India and Kenya (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, c1982), by Jeffery Burley (illustrated HTML at UNU)

• Obstacles to Tree Planting in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands: Comparative Case Studies from India and Kenya (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, c1982), by Jeffery Burley (illustrated HTML at UNU)

• Dry-Farming: A System of Agriculture for Countries Under a Low Rainfall, by John Andreas Widtsoe (Gutenberg text)

• Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems: What Can Be Learned from the San Joaquin Valley Experience, by National Research Council Committee on Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems (page images with commentary at NAP)

• A New Era for Irrigation (1996), by National Research Council Water Science and Technology Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Grassroots Indicators for Desertification: Experience and Perspectives from Eastern and Southern Africa, ed. by Helen Hambly and Tobias Onweng Angura (PDF and HTML with commentary at idrc.ca)

• Grassroots Indicators for Desertification: Experience and Perspectives from Eastern and Southern Africa, ed. by Helen Hambly and Tobias Onweng Angura (PDF and HTML with commentary at idrc.ca)

• Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health (New York: O. Judd and Co., 1867), by George E. Waring (page images at Cornell)
• Farm Drainage: The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles (New York: C. M. Saxton, Barker and Co., 1860), by Henry F. French (page images at Cornell)

• The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns, by Henry Charles Adams (Gutenberg text)

• Waterworks in the Athenian Agora (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1968), by Mabel L. Lang (page images at Google)

• Dignity and Rights of the Sewerage and Allied Workers (New Delhi: Human Rights Law Network, 2011), ed. by Sarita Bhoi, contrib. by India Supreme Court (PDF at hrln.org)

• On the Banks of the Gaṅgā: When Wastewater Meets a Sacred River (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2002), by Kelly D. Alley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Municipal and County Engineering (full serial archives)
• Municipal Engineering (1896-1918) (full serial archives)
• Paving and Municipal Engineering (full serial archives)

• Water Conservation, Reuse, and Recycling: Proceedings of an Iranian-American Workshop (2005), by National Research Council Committee on US-Iranian Workshop on Water Conservation and Recycling (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)

• Water Conservation, Reuse, and Recycling: Proceedings of an Iranian-American Workshop (2005), by National Research Council Committee on US-Iranian Workshop on Water Conservation and Recycling (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)

• Biosolids Applied to Land: Advancing Standards and Practices (2002), by National Research Council Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Biosolids Applied to Land: Advancing Standards and Practices (2002), by National Research Council Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Groundwater Recharge with Reclaimed Water: Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles County, 1982-1993, by Elizabeth M. Sloss, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Ronald D. Fricker, Sandy A. Geschwind, and Beate R. Ritz (PDF files at rand.org)

• The Use of Organic Residues in Rural Communities (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, c1983), ed. by Cyril A. Shacklady (HTML at UNU Press)

• The Compost Manufacturers Manual: The Practice of Large Scale Composting (Philadelphia: Pfeiffer Foundation, c1956), by Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (third edition, c2005), by Joseph C. Jenkins (PDF files with commentary at jenkinspublishing.com)
• The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (second edition, c1999), by Joseph C. Jenkins (illustrated HTML at weblife.org)
• The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (first edition, c1994), by Joseph C. Jenkins
  • illustrated HTML at webpal.org
  • PDF at webpal.org
• Organic Gardener's Composting, by Steve Solomon
  • PDF at soilandhealth.org
  • Gutenberg text
• An Agricultural Testament (1943 edition), by Albert Howard (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)

• Underutilized Resources as Animal Feedstuffs (1983), by National Research Council Committee on Animal Nutrition (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (third edition, c2005), by Joseph C. Jenkins (PDF files with commentary at jenkinspublishing.com)
• The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (second edition, c1999), by Joseph C. Jenkins (illustrated HTML at weblife.org)
• The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (first edition, c1994), by Joseph C. Jenkins
  • illustrated HTML at webpal.org
  • PDF at webpal.org

• The Hidden Dangers of Urban Stormwater (ca. 1977), by United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Program Operations (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Hidden Dangers of Urban Stormwater (ca. 1977), by United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Program Operations (page images at HathiTrust)

• Western Maryland Mine Drainage Survey, 1962-1965 (7 parts in 3 volumes), by Thomas C. Hopkins (PDF files at mdsoar.org)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.