Explain any five causes of deforestation in India under the colonial rule.
Answer:
- Population increased, the demand for food went up.
- British encouraged the production of commercial crops.
- Forest were unproductive.
- The spread of railways from 1850s.
- By the early 19th century, oak forests in England were disappearing. This created a problem of timber supply for the Royal Navy.
- Emergence of Plantations.