What are the similarities between colonial management of the forests in Bastar and Java ??
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Solution
There are many similarities between colonial management of the forests in Bastar and in Java. Only difference being that in case of India, it were the British and in case of Java , it were the Dutch.
The similarities are :
Use of scientific forestry
exploitation of the forest for commercial purposes
The communities in both the cases : Kalangs in Java and Gonds and Dhurvas in Bastar ,were shifting cultivators.
Forest laws weaned the forests communities from the forests and forbidden from its use.
Rents were imposed on the people for grazing their animals