how were the lives of people affected with forest law.
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The British broadened their control over all forests and pronounced that woods were state property. A few forests were named Reserved Forests for they created timber which the British needed.
Numerous forests which provided important timber were pronounced as reserved forests by the British. The tribal were not permitted to gather wood, natural products, hunt and work on moving development in these forests. This brought about the loss of job, neediness and the source of food among the tribal.
Numerous tribal moved out of the woodlands to different locales looking for work and to procure an employment. Individuals who stayed in the woods rebelled against the unjust forest laws of the government.
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(i) after the law implemented the villagers were deprived of their customary practices like hunting, cutting, grazing their cattle, collecting fruits, etc.
(ii) One of the major impacts was on the practice of shifting cultivations or swidden agriculture.
(iii) People were now forced to steal wood from the forests and if they were caught, they were at the mercy of the forest guards who would take bribes from them.
(iv) Women who collected fuel woods were especially worried.
(v) It was common for police, constables and forest guards to harass people by demanding free food from them.