| Subject | French | English |
| agric. | agriculture sur brûlis | slash and burn agriculture |
| agric. | agriculture sur brûlis | swidden agriculture |
| agric. | agriculture sur brûlis | slash-and-burn agriculture |
| forestr. | brûlis annuel | annual burn |
| agric. | brûlis controlé | controlled burn |
| forestr. | brûlis d'aménagement | enhancement burn |
| environ., agric. | brûlis à blanc | clear burn |
| environ., agric. | brûlis à blanc | clean burn |
| agric. | culture itinérante après débroussaillement et brûlis | slash and burn shifting cultivation |
| agric. | culture itinérante après débroussaillement et brûlis | swidden farming |
| agric. | culture itinérante après débroussaillement et brûlis | cut and burn shifting cultivation |
| forestr. | culture itinérante sur brûlis | swidden farming |
| environ. | culture sur abattis-brûlis | slash and burn culture |
| environ. | culture sur brûlis | slash and burn culture A traditional farming system that has been used by generations of farmers in tropical forests and the savannah of north and east Africa. It is known to be an ecologically sound form of cultivation, and because the soil is poor in tropical rain forests it is a sustainable method of farming. It is still practised today, primarily in the developing countries. Small areas of bush or forests are cleared and the smaller trees burned. This unlocks the nutrients in the vegetation and gives the soil fertilizer that is easily taken up by plants. A few years later the soil is degraded and the farmer moves on to do the same at another site. The original ground is left fallow for anything up to 20 years so that the forest can regenerate. With the growth in population and in the subsequent need for more farming land to produce food, the method is increasingly being used today to clear large areas of tropical forests for cattle ranching, and in most cases the ground is not left fallow for long enough and, with modern mechanized farming systems, not enough tree stumps or suitable habitats for plant life are left to start the regeneration process |
| environ. | culture sur brûlis | slash and burn culture |
| agric. | culture sur brûlis | slash-and-burn cultivation |
| agric. | culture sur coupe et brûlis | slash and burn cultivation |
| agric. | cultures annuelles sur brûlis Soudan | revorevo local |
| environ., agric. | tolérance de brûlis | allowable burned area |
| agric. | tolérance de brûlis | allowance burn |
| agric. | tolérance de brûlis | allowance burned area |
| agric. | tolérance de brûlis | acceptable burn |
| soil. | zone de brûlis | area burned |