Question

what is deforestation how did cultivation expand rapidly during colonial period

Answer 1

continuously cutting down of is known as deforestation. It expand during colonial period because we need more land for building our , molls, , and many more for our comfortbality.

Answer 2

Answer:

The disappearance of forest is referred to as deforestation. Cultivation expanded rapidly during the colonial period in the following ways.

The British encourage the production of commercial crops like sugar, wheat, jute and cotton.

Large areas of forest, considered to be wilderness was brought under cultivation.

Large areas of natural forest were also cleared to make way for tea, coffee and rubber plantation to meet Europe's growing need for these communities.