@article {697,
	title = {The Talun-Kebun system, a modified shifting cultivation, in West Java},
	journal = {The Environmentalist},
	volume = {4, Supplement 7},
	year = {1984},
	month = {1984},
	pages = {96-98},
	abstract = {<p>The talun is a man-made forest consisting of a mixture of economic tree species, usually with an undergrowth of a mixture of annual plants. It has a multistorey structure and gives good protection to the soil against the erosive forces of rain, as well as being a genetic resource. The talun is privately owned and on the average a family has 1 to 2 hectares.</p><p>In the talun a shifting cultivation is practised by rotating a garden, called the kebun, which is planted with a mixture of cash crops. The cycle of the rotation is about 8 years. The opening for the kebun is created by harvesting the trees and bamboo by clear or selective cutting and heavy pruning. Hence, the talun-kebun system is essentially shifting cultivation in a man-made forest. Because of the high economic returns, it is capable of carrying a high population density on a sustainable basis.</p>},
	keywords = {Java, shifting cultivation},
	doi = {10.1016/S0251-1088(84)90466-2},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0251108884904662},
	author = {Otto Soemarwoto}
}
