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What are the similarities between colonial management of the forests in Bastar and in Java?

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Following were the similarities between colonial management of the forests in Bastar and in Java:

  1. Both Bastar and Java were under European colonial rule during the relevant historical period. Bastar was administered by the British, while Java was a Dutch colony.
  2. Forest laws were enacted in both regions to regulate forest resources. These laws aimed to control access, utilization, and exploitation of forests.
  3. Villagers were debarred from freely collecting forest produce, hunting, and practicing shifting cultivation.
  4. In Bastar, forest villages were kept to help cut the trees. In Java, Kalangs were approached to cut trees.
  5. In Bastar, the people of the Dhurwas of the Kanger forest, took the initiative and rebelled against the British power along with the help of other tribes. In Java, when the Dutch began to gain control over the forests in the eighteenth century, they tried to make the Kalangs work under them. In 1770, the Kalangs resisted by attacking a Dutch fort at Joana, but the uprising was suppressed.

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