Question

The First World War and the Second World War had a major impact on forests.” Discuss.

Answer 1

The first world war had a major Impact on forests. The world war led to deforestation in large scale. Trees were cut randomly to meet war needs. There was a reckless exploitation offorests for war industries.

Answer 2

First World War and Second World War had major impacts on the forests.

In India, trees were cut to meet the British war needs while the earlier plans were abandoned.

Before the arrival of the Japanese in Java , the Dutch followed the ' Scorched Earth Policy', destroying the sawmills and burning huge piles of giant teak logs so that it would not fall into Japanese hands.

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.

After the war, it was difficult for the Indonesian Forest Service to get the land back.

In India, people needed the agricultural land and fought with the forest department for it .