DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
IMPORTANCE OF TREES IN SOCIETY
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Question
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The European Forest authorities banned shifting cultivation because of
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spread of forest fire
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hard to collect taxes
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need for timber
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All of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The British banned shifting cultivation for two reasons: They wanted to utilise the timber from the forests, and the shifting cultivation would have destroyed the timber.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: During the period 1878 to 1927, shifting cultivation was outlawed in India because it would promote deforestation by causing the trees to be cut down.
Detailed explanation-3: -The land on which the shifting cultivation was done could not be used again for growing trees for railway timber. As in the shifting cultivation, the forest was burnt, there was a risk of flames spreading and burning the valuable timber.
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