Question

How was shifting cultivation harmful according to the Europeans ?

Answer 1

1) European foresters considered that shifting cultivation would be harmful for the forests.
2) When a forest was burnt, there was the danger of the flames spreading and burning priceless timber.
3) Europeans felt that land which was used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber.
4) The government decided to ban shifting cultivation because they found it harder to calculate taxes also.