Question 3 Between 1880 and 1920, forest cover in the Indian subcontinent declined by 9.7 million hectares, from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. Discuss the role of the following factors in this decline: Railways Shipbuilding Agricultural expansion Commercial farming Tea/Coffee plantations Adivasis and other peasant users
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The British cut the forests to get good number of wood logs for the railway lines they grew forest and cut it as they think it is productive
They cut a lot of forest in india which lead to the decline of forest percentage in india
They cut a lot of forest in india which lead to the decline of forest percentage in india
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