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Parts of the forests are cut and burnt in rotation.
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Seeds are sown in the ashes after the first monsoon rains.
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ï‚ European foresters regarded this practice as harmful for the forests because
Plots are left fallow for 12 to 18 years for the forest to grow back.
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Land which was used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber.
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When a forest was burnt, there was a danger of the fire spreading and burning valuable timber.
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ï‚ The government banned shifting cultivation that resulted in the displacement of many communities from their homes in the forests. People who were caught hunting were punished for poaching.
It made it harder for the government to calculate taxes.
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