Girdling is a system of clearing the forest that involves stripping bark off a tree to gradually kill it, letting the tree fall, and burning it.
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Chapter 6: Taking the Forest
...soil in these areas. Clearing was achieved in two ways, the first of which was girdling, which was slowly killing trees by stripping off their bark, combined with burning undergrowth. This...
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