Question
What are the similarities between colonial management of the forests in Bastar and in Java?
Solution
Apart from various dissimilarities, there were many similarities in the colonial management of the forests in Bastar and Java in Indonesia which are described below:
(i) Both were under the colonial rule.
(ii) For the forest management forest, Acts were implemented.
(iii) The traditional local people were debarred from the benefit of forests.
(iv) Scientific forestry was implemented.
