list five resources for the delpetion of forest during colonial rule
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The reasons are: 1. Human Settlement 2. Conversion into Arable Land
3. Lumbering
4. Development Projects
5. Jhum Cultivation and Fuel Wood Collection
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Five causes of deforestation in India
during the British rule were:
a. The British considered forests as
wildernesses which must be brought
under cultivation to enhance the income
of the state. Thus, large tracts of forest
lands were cleared for cultivating land.
b. Due to high demand, forests in Britain
were dissapearing. This created a
problem for British Royal navy as wood
as required to build ships. The British
started exploring Indian forests on a
massive scale.
c. Forests were destroyed to supply
sleepers for railways and to further
expand areas under railways.
d. The colonial government thought
forests as unproductive and hence
cleared them for building dams and
layingdown cities.
e. Cash crops were expected to bring
huge revenues. So large areas of natural
forests were cleared to make way for
tea, coffee and rubber plantations.
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