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What are the similarities between colonial management of the forests in Bastar and in Java?
Answer:
Answer to be written in the exam:
Similarities between colonial management of the forests in Bastar and in Java :
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In Java and Bastar,
forest laws have been passed.
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Villagers have less access to the woodlands
because of these rules.
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Only
specific forests could be harvested
under strict control for wood.
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Villagers were
fined for illegally accessing woodlands
and taking wood items.
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The peasants were given
permission to enter woodlands
and collect forest goods.
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A
forest service existed
in both.
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Both practices were part of the
scientific forestry
system.
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The Forest Acts caused the
peasants great difficulty in both locations
. Their regular activities, such as gathering wood for their homes, grazing their cattle, gathering fruits and roots, and going hunting and fishing, were now forbidden.
- People started to be harassed by constables and forest guards.
