What policy did the Dutch follow during war
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Dutch followed the following policies to control the forests:
Villagers were punished for grazing cattle, for transporting wood without permission, or travelling in forest roadsThe Dutch government used the ‘balandongdiensten’ system for extracting free labour from the villagers.They imposed rents on land cultivated in the forest. During war the Dutch followed the scorched earth policy of destroying saw mills, burning logs of teak so that the Japanese could not benefit from it
Villagers were punished for grazing cattle, for transporting wood without permission, or travelling in forest roadsThe Dutch government used the ‘balandongdiensten’ system for extracting free labour from the villagers.They imposed rents on land cultivated in the forest. During war the Dutch followed the scorched earth policy of destroying saw mills, burning logs of teak so that the Japanese could not benefit from it
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During the war, the Dutch followed 'a scorched earth' policy. They destroyed sawmills, burnt huge piles of teak logs so that they would not fall into enemy's hands (Japanese).
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