How did the forest dwellers survive the forest laws
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The tribes or the forest communities are the people whose existence depend on a close and ecologically sustainable relationships with the forest they inhabit and thus are the prime guardians of the forest as they have a symbiotic relationship with the forests. India has the largest population of the tribes in the world comprising about 8% of its population mostly present in the central part of the country (1991 census). At times and on there have been efforts to control and regulate the activities of the forest communities and the forest dwellers. It is, however, difficult to reconstruct the picture of these people before the British intervention. Such reconstruction has to be done from the writings of the colonial administrators themselves. There was little or no interference with the customary use of forest and forest produce. The early days of British rule were characterized by a total indifference to the needs of forest conservancy. The demands made by occupation for military purposes, teak export trade and the desire for more and more revenue by removing the forest and adding the land to the class of land paying revenue marks the change in the policy towards the forests. The history of Indian forestry is marked by building of railway network. The early years of railway expansion saw an unprecedented assault on the more accessible forests and caused considerable deforestation.