The First World War and the Second World War had a major impact on forests.” Discuss.
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Explanation:1. During first& second world war forsts were mostly & woresly affected.
2.In India, working plans were abandoned at this time, and the forest department cut trees freely to meet British war needs.
3.In Java, just before the Japanese occupied the region, the Dutch followed a scorched earth policy, destroying sawmills, and burning huge piles of giant teak logs so that they would not fall into Japanese hands.
4. The Japanese then exploited the forests recklessly for their own war industries, forcing forest villagers to cut down forests. Many villagers used this opportunity to expand cultivation in the forest.
5.`forests were largely affected by wars as their wood is required for building ships , requirements of wars,soldiers as wellas requirements of the common people are also fulfilled by the forests.
6.We can draw conclusion that every colonial government uses their colonies as their unlimited resouce for war &own country management.
Answer:The First World War and the Second World War had a major impact on forests. ... Japanese when occupied it , they also exploited forests recklessly for their own industries. They forced villagers to cut down forests which also gave an opportunity to the villagers to expand their cultivation