what are the main causes of forest depletion?

1.FORESTS PROVIDE US WOOD, BARKS, LEAVES, RUBBER, MEDICINES, DYES, WOOD FUEL, FOOD MANURE, ETC. SO WE OURSELVES HAVE DEPLETED OUR FORESTS AND WILDLIFE.

2.THE GREATEST DAMAGE INFLICTED ON INDIANFORESTS WAS DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF RAILWAYS, AGRICULTURE, COMMERCIAL, AND SCIENTIFIC FORESRY AND MINING ACTIVITES.

3.EVEN AFTER INDEPENDENCE, AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION CONTINUESTO BE ONE OF THE MAJOE CAUSES OF DEPLETION OF FOREST RESOURCES.

4.MAJOR PARTS OF THE TRIBAL BELTS, ESPECIALLY IN NORTH EASTRN AND CENTRAL INDIA HAVE BEEN DEFORESTED OR DEGRADED BY SHIFTING CULTIVATION, A TYPE OF SLASH AND BURN AGRICULTURE.

5.SINCE 1951, LOTS OF FORESTS WERE CLEARED FOR RIVER VALLEY PROJECT LIKE 'NARMADA VALLEY PROJECT' IN MADHYA PRADESH IN MADHYA PRADESH HAS CLEARED 40,000 HECTARES OF FORESTS.

6.MINING, GRAZING, DEVELOPMENTAL PORJECTS HAVE CONTIBUTED TO THE LOSS O FORESTS.

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forest have come under grave pressure,with the increase in human population over the past centuries.uncontrlled felling of trees,excessive mining,construction of big dames,roadsand industries,clearing vast area of land for agriculture,grazzing largecattle population and air pollutionfrom industries situated naer the forest have caused sever damage to forest.forest must be protected by all such distructive human actions this wil heip us save the remaining forest .this we can write for cases for depletion of forest.