Explain the features of Forest Act, 1865.
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The features of Forest Act, 1865 are listed below:
• The 1878 Act divided forests into three categories- reserved, protected and village forests.
• Reserved forests were called the best forests.
• Villagers were not allowed to take anything from the reserved forests, either for personal or commercial use. They were allowed to take wood from protected or village forests for house building or fuel.
After its enactment, the Forest Act, 1865 was amended twice—once in 1878 and then in 1927.
• The 1878 Act divided forests into three categories- reserved, protected and village forests.
• Reserved forests were called the best forests.
• Villagers were not allowed to take anything from the reserved forests, either for personal or commercial use. They were allowed to take wood from protected or village forests for house building or fuel.
After its enactment, the Forest Act, 1865 was amended twice—once in 1878 and then in 1927.
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According to the Indian Forest Act of 1865 most of the basic means of livelihood of the forest dwelling tribes were banned by the British.
The daily practices of villagers, such as cutting wood, grazing cattle, collecting fruits and roots, and fishing, were banned and made illegal.
Forest dwelling tribes largely depended on hunting small animals like deer, rabbit and partridge for food.
The British also imposed a ban on the hunting of small animals.
They encouraged the sport of hunting of wild and dangerous animals like the elephant, lion and tiger, by giving rewards.
If anyone was caught hunting illegally, they were severely punished for poaching.
Even shifting cultivation, which had been practiced for several generations by the forest tribes, was banned.
The daily practices of villagers, such as cutting wood, grazing cattle, collecting fruits and roots, and fishing, were banned and made illegal.
Forest dwelling tribes largely depended on hunting small animals like deer, rabbit and partridge for food.
The British also imposed a ban on the hunting of small animals.
They encouraged the sport of hunting of wild and dangerous animals like the elephant, lion and tiger, by giving rewards.
If anyone was caught hunting illegally, they were severely punished for poaching.
Even shifting cultivation, which had been practiced for several generations by the forest tribes, was banned.
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