Why is shortage of fuel and fodder considered a wider social effect of deforestation?

Correct answer: It pressured both household life and animal rearing

Forests supplied rural households with fuelwood and fodder for their animals. When forests were cleared, collecting cooking fuel became difficult and lack of fodder harmed livestock rearing; thus, both household life and livelihoods were affected. Option B is wrong because fodder shortage does not remove the need for animal rearing; it makes it harder. Exam tip: link the impact on rural families with its effect on livestock when explaining a social consequence.