Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:
1. Shifting cultivators
Answer:
Answer to be written in the exam:
Shifting Cultivators:
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Shifting cultivation was considered
harmful to the continued existence of forests by European colonists.
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It also
prevented them from engaging in commercial wood forestry.
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There was always a
danger that wildfires would get out of hand
and destroy all the valuable wood.
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The colonial
authority prohibited shifting agriculture
as a result, taking these concerns into consideration.
- Most of these cultivators were also forced to leave their homes in the forest, and many of them lost their means of subsistence in the process.
