Forest Society and Colonialism

This topic covers concepts such as Deforestation, Deforestation in India during Colonial Rule, Expansion of Cultivation in Colonial Rule, Shipbuilding in Colonial Rule, Expansion of Railways in India in Colonial Rule, and Plantation in Colonial Rule.

This topic covers concepts such as Introduction of Forest Management in Colonial India, Scientific Forestry in Colonial India, Indian Forest Act in Colonial Rule, and Different Ideas of Good Forest during Colonial Rule.

This topic covers concepts such as Rebellion of Forest Communities in India, Social Life of People of Bastar, Reservation in Bastar Forest, Impact of Reservation in Bastar Forest, Bastar Rebellion of 1910, and Protests for Forests after Independence.

This topic covers concepts such as Forest Management by Dutch in Java, Kalangs of Java, Dutch Scientific Forestry, Blandongdiensten System, Samin’s Challenge against Dutch, War and Deforestation, and New Developments in Forestry since 1980.