Write a dialogue between a colonial forester and an adivasi discussing the issues of hunting in the forest.

Have there been changes in forest areas where you live? Find out what these changes are and why they have happened?

Why are forests affected by wars?

Between 1880 and 1920, forest cover in the Indian subcontinent declined by 9.7 million hectares, from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. Discuss the role of the following factors in this decline: Railways

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

Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people: Shifting cultivators

If you were in the Government of India in 1862 and responsible for supplying the railways with sleepers and fuel on such a large scale, what were the steps you would have taken?

Each mile of railway track required between 1,760 and 2,000 sleepers. If one average sized tree yields 3 to 5 sleepers for a 3 metre wide broad gauge track, calculate approximately how many trees would have to be cut to lay one mile of track.