31. Most recently, as of the 1960s, cattle ranching has become the primary reason for land clearing . 32. Land clearing and development has allowed soil and various nutrients to be washed into the river.33. Surveys and closer settlement by farmers soon followed, along with land clearing of the mallee woodland. 34. "There's obviously been a huge jump in the pace and scale of land clearing in Indonesia," 35. All land clearing has been banned and harsh new penalties have been enacted again forest burners. 36. Abdul Halim said illegal settlements had also caused massive environmental degradation due to excessive land clearing . 37. Another consequence of land clearing is dryland salinity. 38. The haze is caused by slash-and-burn land clearing in the Indonesian provinces of Sumatra and Kalimantan. 39. Land clearing , terracing, mining and construction are all contributing to soil erosion and degraded water quality.40. I guess they are doing land clearing again.
