Which groups of people were negatively affected by the changes in forest management in the colonial period?

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Plantation owners

Nomadic & pastoralist communities

Agriculture Community

The local rulers

answer is B.

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Nomadic & pastoralist communities groups of people were negatively affected by the changes in forest management in the colonial period
The changes introduced in forest management by the colonial powers were a heavy blow to the nomadic and pastoralist communities for whom the forests were lifelines. The industrial revolution and Europe's commodity demand led the British to enact forest laws. It harmed the life of these communities, as they lost their livelihoods. All their everyday practices, hunting, fishing, grazing cattle, collecting essential forest products for food, fuel, and fodder, and shifting cultivation, became illegal under the new laws.

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