Why is it necessary to study revenue and trade together in deforestation?

Correct answer: Because both made forest land profitable for the colonial economy

The direct answer is A: revenue and trade together made forest land profitable for the colonial economy. Revenue gave the state an incentive to obtain taxes from land or forest production. Trade gave companies and merchants an incentive to extract timber or grow commercial crops for sale. The reasoning is: state income and private commercial demand operate together; forests are cleared or reorganised; land and wood are directed toward profitable uses; pressure on forests rises. Option A is correct because it explains this economic linkage. Option B is wrong because these forces did not keep forests untouched. Option C is wrong because both directly concerned land, timber, production, and ownership. Option D is wrong because colonial revenue and trade often restricted local rights rather than fully protecting them. Exam cue: revenue is the state’s profit or income; trade is market profit; together they intensify extraction.