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Why are forests affected by wars?


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During the world wars,Britain was ruthless in cutting down forests in India for war needs. During the Second World War in Java just before the Japanese occupied the region, the Dutch followed ‘a scorched Earth policy’, destroying sawmills and burning huge piles of giant teak logs so that they did not fall into Japanese hands. Thus, wars also led to destruction of forests.


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