Peten is large and sparsely populated, so many farmers just claim a piece of forest and burn it. After a year or two, when the soil is exhausted, they find another piece of forest and continue slashing and burning.
在地廣人稀的北碇，許多農夫往往隨意佔了一塊林地就燒，一兩年後地力沒了，就尋覓另一塊林地繼續砍燒。