DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -in the early nineteenth century, the colonial state thought that forests were unproductive. They were considered to be wilderness that had to be brought under cultivation so that the land could yield agricultural products and revenue, and enhance the income of the state.

Detailed explanation-2: -5) In 1905, the colonial government proposed to reserve two-thirds of the forest and abolish the practice of shifting cultivation, hunting and collection of forest produce in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hint: Colonial rulers considered the Indian forests as unproductive and filled with wilderness. Colonial states used forest land as the source of revenue. Colonial rulers destroyed many forests for the construction of certain facilities according to their needs.

Detailed explanation-4: -village forests Was this answer helpful?