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The changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the Shifting cultivators.

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The above statement is true.
Shifting agriculture was deemed detrimental to the continued existence of forests by European colonists. It also prevented them from engaging in commercial wood forestry. There was always a danger that wildfires would get out of hand and destroy all the valuable wood. The colonial authority forbade shifting agriculture as a result, considering these concerns. Most of these cultivators were also forced to leave their homes in the forest, and many of them lost their means of subsistence in the process. Similar to this, pastoralist and nomadic cultures like the Yerukula from the Madras Presidency ended up losing their means of subsistence. They were made to work in factories, mining, and farms under government control after being labeled as "criminal tribes" by the British administration. Thus, it can be said that the statement in question is true.

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