what are the forest acts how did the forest rules affect the cultivation and the life of forest dwellers
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Forest Act of 1927 :
british needed forest to build ships and railways. they were worried that the use of forests by local people and reckless felling of trees would destroy forest so they invited a german expert Dietrich brandis. the Brandis realized that a proper system had to be introduced for management of forests and training of people. it requires a legal sanction . restrictions had to be put up on falling of trees and grazing for timber production
the forest rules affect the life of forest dwellers:
1. according to this act all everyday practices of villages like cutting wood for their houses grazing their cattle collecting fruits and hunting and fishing became illigal
1. The law had a negative impact on the lives of the forest dwellers.
2. Many of them used to survive by hunting deer, partridges and other small animals.
3. They were not allowed to do this anymore.
4. They were punished for poaching.
5. Earlier they used to trade in goods like hides, silk cocoons, horns, ivory,
spices, bamboo, fibres, gums, resins, and grasses.They were deprived of this trade.
6. Large European trading firms were given the monopoly rights to trade in the forest products.
the forest rules affect the life of cultivation :
1. major impact of european colonisalism was on the pracitse of shifting cultivation or swidden agriculture practise in part of asia, africa and south america
2. in shifting cultivation parts of the forest and burnt in rotation. seeds are sown in the ashes after monsoon rains and crop is harvested by october november. these plots are cultivated for couple of years and left fallow for 12-18 years for the forest to grow back