Discuss why colonial government bring forest act.
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a. Commercial forestry became important during the British rule. By the early nineteenth century oak forests in England were disappearing. This created a problem of shortage of timber supply.
b. The spread of railway from the 1850s further created demand.
c. The British were worried that the use of forests by local people and the reckless felling of trees by traders would destroy forests and hence invited German expert Dietrich Brandis so as to bring about forest management.
d. Thus, Forest Acts were enacted in the different provinces. Through these Acts some forests which produced commercially valuable timber like deodar or sal were declared ‘Reserved’. Other forests were classified as ‘Protected’. This would help the colonists to export the wood and earn revenue. Its main aim has been to consolidate area under forest cover.
e. It seeks to preserve the area under forest cover, preserve and conserve its rich biodiversity.
f. Also to regulate movement of people and levy duties on timber and forest products.
g..With increase in population, urbanization, more settled living, industrialization rate the British encouraged pace of deforestation increased so as to meet their growing needs.
h. The colonial state thought that forest land was unproductive. It did not yield agricultural produce nor revenue.
i. Thus, Large areas of natural forests were hence cleared to make way for tea, coffee and rubber plantations to meet Europe’s growing need for these commodities.
j. The British also cleared forest to make way for agricultural production.They encouraged the growth of commercial crops to feed their growing population.The British also established a vast network of railways to tap interiors of the country and to consolidate their hold. Forests were cut because they wanted land to lay railway tracks
k. They wanted wood as fuel for locomotives and for railway line sleepers
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a. Commercial forestry became important during the British rule. By the early nineteenth century oak forests in England were disappearing. This created a problem of shortage of timber supply.
b. The spread of railway from the 1850s further created demand.
c. The British were worried that the use of forests by local people and the reckless felling of trees by traders would destroy forests and hence invited German expert Dietrich Brandis so as to bring about forest management.
d. Thus, Forest Acts were enacted in the different provinces. Through these Acts some forests which produced commercially valuable timber like deodar or sal were declared ‘Reserved’. Other forests were classified as ‘Protected’. This would help the colonists to export the wood and earn revenue. Its main aim has been to consolidate area under forest cover.
e. It seeks to preserve the area under forest cover, preserve and conserve its rich biodiversity.
f. Also to regulate movement of people and levy duties on timber and forest products.
g..With increase in population, urbanization, more settled living, industrialization rate the British encouraged pace of deforestation increased so as to meet their growing needs.
h. The colonial state thought that forest land was unproductive. It did not yield agricultural produce nor revenue.
i. Thus, Large areas of natural forests were hence cleared to make way for tea, coffee and rubber plantations to meet Europe’s growing need for these commodities.
j. The British also cleared forest to make way for agricultural production.They encouraged the growth of commercial crops to feed their growing population.The British also established a vast network of railways to tap interiors of the country and to consolidate their hold. Forests were cut because they wanted land to lay railway tracks
k. They wanted wood as fuel for locomotives and for railway line sleepers
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