Answer:
In
shifting cultivation, parts of forests are cut and burnt in rotation. Seeds are
sown in the ashes after the first monsoon rains. The following prompted Europeans
to ban it.
(i) They regarded this practice as harmful for forests.
(ii) They felt that the land which was used for
cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber.
(iii) When a forest was burnt, there was the added danger
of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber.
(iv) Shifting cultivation also made it harder for the
government to calculate taxes. Therefore, the government decided to ban
shifting cultivation.
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