Question

what is deforestation ? mention any two main reason of deforestation during colonial period.

Answer 1

Cutting down of forests on a large scale is called deforestation.

Answer 2

Deforestation is when humans remove or clear large areas of forest lands and related ecosystems for non-forest use. These include clearing for farming purposes, ranching and urban use. In these cases, trees are never re-planted.

Since the industrial age, about half of world's original forests have been destroyed and millions of animals and living things have been endangered. Despite the improvements in education, information and general awareness of the importance of forests, deforestation has not reduced much, and there are still many more communities and individuals who still destroy forest lands for personal gains.


Reasons of deforestation under colonial period:

1.increase in population,leading to growth in demand for food,and extension of land under cultivation at the expense of forests.2.colonisation by the british encouraged production of commercial crops.3.inreased demand for timber due to expansion of railways and for shipbuilding purposes.4.large areas of forests were also cleared to make way for plantation crops.