Question

How was Java taken war by dutch &affected its forests explain

Answer 1

the impact of the first and second world war on forest was tremendous. in india the forest department cut trees frequently to meet british needs the british needed to strengthen their navy and timber was needed to build ships.
in java the dutch enforced scorched earth policy they destroyed sawmills and burnt huge pies of gaint teak logs so that japanese could not get it during the war. the japanese who invaded indonesia exploited for the forest for their own war needs.they made forest villager cut down forest  many villagers used this opportunity to destroy forest and expand cultivation when the war was completed indonesia forest services was unable to get forest land back from the villagers