Question

* Population increased the demand for food went up
* Forest are unproductive * emergence of plantation

Answer 1

>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.