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'''The word ''tavy'' stands for the slash and burn agriculture practised in Madagascar. Tavy literally means "the fields so cultivated".'''
[[File:Ankarafantsika_National_Park_023.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Slash & burn in [[Ankarafantsika National Park]]]]
Tavy is a traditional Malagasy farming method to clear forest for farming land. Unfortunately, the additionally gained land can be cultivated only for a limited time and the farmers are forced to clear more land. However, where no trees are left, rain cannot sink into the earth. The consequence is erosion, washing the red earth into the rivers and making them "bleed". Although it is raining, the land will slowly dry out.