Forest Transformations In Java Video Lecture - Class 9

what would you say if I told you that
when people in the US celebrate
Thanksgiving Day they're actually
celebrating a counterpart of vaisakhi
celebrated in India
and vice-versa even though the two
festivals are celebrated by the people
of two different countries with
different customs and rituals they are
similar to a great extent
both besakih and Thanksgiving are
celebrated to express joy over the
harvest season and to express gratitude
and thanks to God for it
just as these two festivals of different
countries are similar
the development and transformations of
the forests of India and Java in
Indonesia are similar to a great extent
forest management in Java and India was
started by colonizers the Dutch in Java
and the British in India
both carried out large-scale
deforestation for timber to build ships
and sleepers for railways
shifting cultivation was practiced for
several generations by the forest
communities of both places
remember the rebellion in basta in 1910
and the important role of gun de deur in
the rebellion
the Cullens who were the wood cutting
community of Java also rebelled against
the Dutch in 1772 stand up against the
laws that restricted their access to the
forests in Java the initiative to stand
up against the Dutch was taken by
Cerrone Tycho sameen off
blonde du Blanc a teak forest village
he argued that the Dutch had not created
water wood and air and that they had no
right to place restrictions on the
natural forest resources that Mother
Earth has given forest services and
scientific forestry was also introduced
by the colonizers in both Java and India
to manage forests for shipbuilding and
railways
the Dutch in Java practiced a system
known as the bland dong the instant
system under which just like the British
in India they imposed heavy rents on
land under cultivation
both the Dutch in Java and the British
in India exploited the forest resources
to meet their war needs
during the First World War and the
Second World War the British cut many
trees in India to meet their war needs
Java faced a similar fate at the hands
of the Dutch just before the Japanese
occupation of Java the Japanese further
exploited the forests of Java and left
the forests in an irretrievable state
the impacts of war took its toll on the
forests of Java and India the forests
that were lost could never be restored
to their original state
the forests of Java were transformed by
the Taj
the Javanese people may never have
thought that somewhere in another part
of the world the Indians also met a
similar fate at the hands of their
colonizers
the British since the 1980s the
governments of different countries in
Asia and Africa have learned from each
other's pasts and are trying to find new
ways for better forest management
they have learned a mutually-beneficial
system of forest management by allowing
the forests to be managed by local
forest dwellers
whereby both the forest dwellers and the
forest department are benefited through
conservation