Felix Fitiavantsoa was burning down a wooded area to start farming.

Felix Fitiavantsoa烧毁了一片林区用作农田。

I couldn't see flames and the burning area didn't seem to be spreading.

我看不到火焰，燃烧区域似乎也没有蔓延。

For thousands of years, milpa farmers have kept their small fields productive by burning a different area of trees every year and planting in the corn-friendly ashes.

几千年来，米尔帕农民通过每年燃烧不同面积的树木并在对玉米有益的灰烬中种植来保持他们的小田地高产。

Which would be traditionally how we would do it is like having families burning their village areas and having that responsibility and having that knowledge of, like, when and how to burn it.

就像过去传统的做法，承担起责任在村庄进行家庭火烧，并且知道什么时候和怎样进行火烧。