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discuss the steps taken by British to protect forest

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Answered by mokshita52

The steps taken by British to protect forest are :

1. They introduce scientific forestry.

2. According to Indian Forest Act , 1878, they divided forest into three categories : reserved, protected, and village forest.

3. Villagers could not take anything from these forests even for their own use .

4. For house building or fuel, they could take wood from protected or village forests.

Answered by pranjalkbr

1. The restriction was first imposed on the felling of teak less than 21 inches in girth.

2. The Government declared the right to levy a royalty on teak and prohibit the unauthorised felling of teak.

3. The post of Conservator of forests was initiated.

4. The first teak plantation was established in 1842 in Nilambur.

5. Shifting cultivation was banned.

pranjalkbr: Sir Dietrich Brandis was a German-British botanist and forestry academic and administrator, who worked with the British Imperial Forestry Service in colonial India for nearly 30 years.

Brandis, along with the British government took a few steps and measures to conserve and manage forests in India.

pranjalkbr: 1. Brandis set up the Indian Forests Services in 1864. The people were trained in the science of forest conservation.

2. Felling of trees and grazing was restricted and the forests were preserved for timber production. There were rules for this and whoever went against these rules were punished.

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