what is deforestation? write main reasons of deforestation in india. class 10
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clearance of jungles on a large scale is known as deforestation . Due to increasing amount of industries or any other resource management plantations the jungles are being cleaned .
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DEFORESTATION:- The rapid cutting down of trees is called deforestation...
Reasons of deforestation:-
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
Reasons of deforestation:-
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
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