Question

What wee the main reasons for deforestation during colonial periods​

Answer 1

$\huge \pink{ \underline{ \underline{ \bf{ \blue{Answer}}}}}$

There are many reasons for deforestation during the colonial periods. Some of them are as follows⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️

• Population increased, the demand for food went up.
• British encouraged the production of commercial crops.
• Forest were unproductive.
• The spread of railways from 1850s.
• Emergence of Plantations.

${\huge{\underline{\small{\mathbb{\blue{HOPE\:HELP\:U\:BUDDY :)}}}}}}$

Answer 2

What wee the main reasons for deforestation during colonial periods?

• Forests were cleaned for cultivation of lands and to further expand and increase the areas for railways.

• They also cleaned forest for building up lands and for making cities infrastructure etc.

• Due to increase in the population the demand for food material increase this led down to deforestation.

• British encourage the production of commercial crops like jute, wheat, cotton, etc.

• Road building, urbanization, Wood expansion also led to the deforestation.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬