Why were the movements of pastoralists severely restricted?

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Pastoralists' occupation was seen as very time-consuming.

Grazing destroyed the saplings.

No tax was incurred on Britishers from the movements of pastoralists.

Pastoralists are criminal tribe movements that will increase crime.

answer is B.

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The colonial officials anticipated grazing would kill the saplings, so pastoralists' freedom of movement was severely constrained.
Numerous forest acts had been passed in the various provinces by the middle of the 19th century. These laws prohibited pastoralists from accessing particular woods that provide precious and economically viable goods, such as lumber. All of the surviving forests were given protection status. In the protected forest, pastoralists were given certain traditional grazing rights, but their freedom of movement was severely restricted. Officials from the colony believed that grazing would kill the saplings and young shoots of trees that had sprouted on the forest floor and that the herds would trample over the samples and chew the branches away, preventing the formation of new trees. Following these forest activities, pastoralists' life faced a dramatic shift.

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