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Question
Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:
Nomadic and pastoralist communities
Solution
The effect of changes in forest management in the colonial period on —
Nomadic and pastoralist communities: Their daily lifestyles were badly affected by the new forest laws. Due to the changes brought in by forest management, nomadic and pastoralist communities could not cut wood, graze cattle, collect fruits and roots, and hunt or fish. All this was made illegal. As a result, they were forced to steal wood, and if caught, they would have to offer bribes to the forest guards. Some of these tribes were even labelled “criminal”.
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