What was the impact of regulation of trade in forest products by the British Government in India?

People lost control of the forest land but they also benefitted from the trade. The impact of regulation of trade in forest products by the British Government in India was:

• It was not only in India but in the world, people started trading in forest products and left their traditional occupations.

• Regulation of trade in forest products created employment opportunities for the people. For example, the Mundurucu peoples of the Brazilian Amazon cultivated manioc and lived in villages but gradually they became traders and started living in trading posts.

• British Government in India gave the right to the European trading firms to trade in forest products but grazing and hunting were restricted.