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Give three reasons for rapid depletion of forest resources in India in the past.
Topic: Depletion of forests
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(1) The pressure of a growing population clearing forest for land and fuel. (2) Industrial growth, feeding on forest raw material. (3) Faulty farming — the slash-and-burn (shifting) cultivation of the hills.
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