the first World War and second world war had major impact on forests explain with reference to india and java

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First World War and Second World War had major impacts on the forests.
In India, trees were cut to meet the British war needs while the earlier plans were abandoned.
Before the arrival of the Japanese in Java , the Dutch followed the ' Scorched Earth Policy ', destroying the sawmills and burning huge piles of giant teak logs so that it would not fall into Japanese hands.
Japanese when occupied it, they also exploited forests recklessly for their own industries. They forced villagers to cut down forests which also gave an opportunity to the villagers to expand their cultivation.
After the war, it was difficult for the Indonesian Forest Service to get the land back.
In India, people needed the agricultural land and fought with the forest department for it .

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. The First and Second World War had a major impact on forests of Java :
(i) In India, working plans were abandoned at this time and the forest department cut trees freely to meet British war needs.
(ii) In Java, just before the Japanese occupied the region, the Dutch followed Scorched Earth Policy, destroying sawmills and burning huge piles of giant teak logs so that they would not fall into Japanese hands.
(iii) The Japanese then exploited the forest recklessly for their own war industries, forcing forests villagers to cut down forests.
(iv) Many villagers used this opportunity to expand cultivation in the forests.
(v) After the war, it was difficult for the Indonesian forest service to get this land back.
(vi) As in Indian people’s need for agricultural land has brought them into conflict with their forest department’s desire to control the land and exclude people from it.
. The First and Second World War had a major impact on forests of Java :
(i) In India, working plans were abandoned at this time and the forest department cut trees freely to meet British war needs.
(ii) In Java, just before the Japanese occupied the region, the Dutch followed Scorched Earth Policy, destroying sawmills and burning huge piles of giant teak logs so that they would not fall into Japanese hands.
(iii) The Japanese then exploited the forest recklessly for their own war industries, forcing forests villagers to cut down forests.
(iv) Many villagers used this opportunity to expand cultivation in the forests.
(v) After the war, it was difficult for the Indonesian forest service to get this land back.
(vi) As in Indian people’s need for agricultural land has brought them into conflict with their forest department’s desire to control the land and exclude people from it.
. The First and Second World War had a major impact on forests of Java :
(i) In India, working plans were abandoned at this time and the forest department cut trees freely to meet British war needs.
(ii) In Java, just before the Japanese occupied the region, the Dutch followed Scorched Earth Policy, destroying sawmills and burning huge piles of giant teak logs so that they would not fall into Japanese hands.
(iii) The Japanese then exploited the forest recklessly for their own war industries, forcing forests villagers to cut down forests.
(iv) Many villagers used this opportunity to expand cultivation in the forests.
(v) After the war, it was difficult for the Indonesian forest service to get this land back.
(vi) As in Indian people’s need for agricultural land has brought them into conflict with their forest department’s desire to control the land and exclude people from it.