What was the ideological shift in colonial forest policy?
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Correct answer: Seeing forests less as community life and more as revenue resource
Colonial rulers increasingly viewed forests not as sources of livelihood and customary rights for local communities, but as state-controlled sources of timber and revenue. This idea led to tighter state control and restrictions on many traditional forest uses. Option A describes the community-centred view that colonial policy displaced. Exam tip: remember the shift as one from community rights to state-controlled timber and revenue.
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Seeing forests less as community life and more as revenue resource
Why is this the correct answer?
Colonial rulers increasingly viewed forests not as sources of livelihood and customary rights for local communities, but as state-controlled sources of timber and revenue. This idea led to tighter state control and restrictions on many traditional forest uses. Option A describes the community-centred view that colonial policy displaced. Exam tip: remember the shift as one from community rights to state-controlled timber and revenue.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Forest Society and Colonialism. Topic: Why Deforestation?.
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