1 What is deforestation? How did cultivation expand rapidly during the colonial period?
Ans The disappearance of forest is referred to as deforestation. Cultivation expanded rapidly during the colonial period in the following ways:
(a) The British encouraged the production of commercial crops like sugar, wheat, jute and cotton.
(b) Large areas of forests considered to be wilderness was brought under cultivation.
(c) Large areas of natural forests were also cleared to make way for tea,
coffee and rubber plantations to meet Europe's growing need for these commodities.
2. Why did the government Ban shifting cultivation? What was the result?
Ans. European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful. They felt:
(a) the land which was used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber.
(b) when the forests were burnt there was a danger of flames spreading and burning valuable timber.
(c) it became difficult for the government to calculate taxes.
Many communities were forcibly displaced from the forest, some had to change their occupations.
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Ans The disappearance of forest is referred to as deforestation. Cultivation expanded rapidly during the colonial period in the following ways:
(a) The British encouraged the production of commercial crops like sugar, wheat, jute and cotton.
(b) Large areas of forests considered to be wilderness was brought under cultivation.
(c) Large areas of natural forests were also cleared to make way for tea,
coffee and rubber plantations to meet Europe's growing need for these commodities.
2. Why did the government Ban shifting cultivation? What was the result?
Ans. European foresters regarded the practice of shifting cultivation as harmful. They felt:
(a) the land which was used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber.
(b) when the forests were burnt there was a danger of flames spreading and burning valuable timber.
(c) it became difficult for the government to calculate taxes.
Many communities were forcibly displaced from the forest, some had to change their occupations.
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