* Population increased the demand for food went up
* Forest are unproductive * emergence of plantation
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>There was significant growth in population of the world after 1600’s.
>With increasing population the demand also increased.
>However, the limited crop lands couldn’t satisfy the ever growing population and demand.
>Britishers always regarded forests as unproductive and symbol of wilderness.
>This gave them a chance to clear the forests as well as increase their crop production a for more profit.
>They came up with the idea of plantations, growing of crops on a large scale for commercial purpose.
>This phenomena soon spread to other countries, hence leading to world-wide deforestation.
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