First and second world war and its impact kn forests
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Forests are affected by wars because forest products are used for fulfilling various needs and requirement during war. In the case of India, during the First World War and the Second World War the forest department cut trees freely to meet British war needs. ... Thus, wars also led to destruction of forest.
In Java, the Dutch followed ‘a scorched earth’ policy, just before the Japanese occupied the region. They destroyed sawmills and burnt off huge piles of giant teak logs so that they would not fall into Japanese hands.
The Japanese exploited the forests recklessly for their own war industries and forced forest dwellers to cut down forests.
Many villagers took this opportunity for the expansion of cultivation land by cutting down the forests.
After the war, it was difficult for the Indonesian forest service to get back this land.
In India people needed more agricultural land for cultivation for its increasing population. Forest department desired to control the land and excluded people from it. These different interests, led to a conflict between them.