For house buildings or fuel, villagers could take wood from ____________ or ____________ forests.
The Forest Act of 1878 had divided the forests into three categories: Reserved forest Protected forest Village forest The Protected Forests were the forests having the best resources. The villagers could not take any resources from these forests, even for the sake of their own consumption. The Protected and Village Forests were accessible to the villagers. They could fulfill their basic requirements such as woods and timber for house building or fuel from these forests. Final answer For house buildings or fuel, villagers could take wood from protected or village forests.
