What is deforestation? Explain any four causes of deforestation in India under the colonial rule
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Four Main Causes of deforestation in India During British Rule
The causes for deforestation in India during British rule were:
(i) Increase in population, leading to growth in demand for food, and extension of land under cultivation at the expense of forests.
(ii) Colonisation by the British encouraged production of commercial crops.
(iii) Increased demand for timber due to expansion of railways and for ship building purposes.
(iv) Large areas of forests were also cleared to make way for plantation crops.
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Explanation:
Deforestation, clearance, clearcutting or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land which is then converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests.
1) the BRITISH considered forests as wildernesses which must be brought under cultivation to enhance the income of the state.
2) They directly encouraged the production of cash crops like jute , cotton , etc.
3) Need for sleepers in railway building.
4) the British gave vast areas at cheap rates to European planters and the contractors to provide wood needed for shipbuilding.
5) By 1890's British sent experts to discover the forest resources of India. The forests in India were cut at a massive scale to meet the needs of timber for shipbuilding.
Deforestation is the disappearence of forests
6) The causes of deforestation in India under colonial rule are as follows:
7) They cleared forest for making railway sleepers and for fuel to run locomotives.
8) They cleared forest for tea , coffee and rubber plantations.
9) The government thought that the forest were unproductive. So they cleared forest for cultivations.
10) The british encouraged the production of commercial crops like jute, silk and sugar. The demand for these crops increased in 19th century.
For these reasons they cleared forest...
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