<P> The Indian Forests Act of 1865 extended the British Colonial claims over forests in India . The 1865 act was a precursor to the Forest Act of 1878 , which truncated the centuries - old traditional use by communities of their forests and secured the colonial governments control over the forestry . The act of 1865 empowered the British government to declare any land covered with trees as a government forest and make rules to manage it . </P>
<P> The Indian Forests Act of 1865 extended the British Colonial claims over forests in India . The 1865 act was a precursor to the Forest Act of 1878 , which truncated the centuries - old traditional use by communities of their forests and secured the colonial governments control over the forestry . The act of 1865 empowered the British government to declare any land covered with trees as a government forest and make rules to manage it . </P>
when was the forest act enacted during the british period
when was the forest act enacted during the british period
1865
1865