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Causes of deforestation: commercial crops |
British encouraged the production of commercial crops like jute,cotton sugar etc |
Industrial production , urban population |
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Causes of deforestation: unproductive |
The colonial state thought that the forests were unproductive and were considered to be wilderness. |
Ross by 6.7 million hectares |
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Causes of deforestation: disappearing of oak forest |
Oak forests in England disappearing Problem of timber supply for the royal navy |
So trees were being felled at massive scale and vast quantities of timber exported from India |
