With every change in location, the people used fire to clear new land.

The land in the late 1990s was even cleared for the building.

Sometimes, of course, land is simply cleared for new development.

So the land cleared by fire could only be used for a short time.

But the first thing they did was buy a few goats to clear the land.

Some Indians who were working to clear the land here caught it.

The days when you can just clear the land and put up a subdivision are long gone.

Because of the storm they were unable to clear the land.

"I am sure you have cleared enough land for our base."

By December 1791 there were 500 men working at clearing the land.

They certified the land free and clear of explosives, and then dumped it back on the nation.

About one hundred yards beyond there was a broad slope of partially clear land.

Its pilot had picked a patch of clear land in a woods, not far from the pagoda.

And there, to the east, was a long, declining, half-familiar slope of clear land.

They landed on the strip of clear land designated for this.

After that, he went to Fall City to help clear land.

That carbon is released when people clear forested land and destroy the wood.

The markets are run mostly by women who as a result hold a large amount of economic power, while the men fish, hunt, and clear land.

On 30 August 1835 the settlers disembarked to build their store and clear land to grow vegetables.

These roads open up the rainforest to waves of settlers who move into the forests and clear even more land by fire.