Question

How did the forest law change their lifestyle

Answer 1

) Shifting Cultivators

European foresters regarded shifting cultivation as harmful for the forests. The government banned shifting cultivation.

Shifting cultivators were forcibly displaced from their homes In the forests.

Some had to change occupations, while some resisted through large and small rebellions.

(b) Nomadic and Pastoralist Communities

The forest laws deprived people of their customary rights and meant severe hardship for the nomadic and pastoralist communities. They could not cut wood for their houses, could graze their cattle or collect fruits and roots. Hunting and fishing became illegal.