JAVA
KHUSHI, MEGHA,ADITYA,
SANYUKTA, AASHI
INDEX
01 02 03
DUTCH
WOODCUTTERS SAMINS
SCIENTIFIC
OF JAVA CHALLENGE
FORESTRY
04 05
CURRENT SITE QUIZ
WHAT IS JAVA?
Java is a famous rice producing island in Indonesia
Like India,Java too had forest laws
The dutch had control over java and they wanted
timber to build ships
in 1600 the population of java was about 3.4
million
THE WOODCUTTERS OF JAVA
The Kalangs of Java were a community of skilled
forest cutters and shifting cultivators.
Without their expertise, the kings couldn't
have harvested teak and built their palaces.
When the Mantaram kingdom split, the
Kalangs were divided equally between the
two kingdoms.
When the Dutch tried to gain control over the
woodcutters, the kalangs resisted but the
oppression was surpressed.
DUTCH SCIENTIFIC
FORESTRY
WOOD CATTLE BLANDONGDIENSTEN
SYSTEM
Could only be cut for specific Villagers were punished for grazing Dutch imposed rents on land being
purposes like building boats or cattle, transporting wood without cultivated. The tax was removed if
houses permit or travelling on forest roads the villagers provided free labour
with horse carts or cattle and cattle.
SAMIN'S CHALLENGE
Surontiko Samin of Randublantung village (a teak
forest village in Java) questioned the state ownership
of forests
He contended that wind, water, earth and wood
were not created by the state
These views led to a widespread protest movement
involving more than 3000 families
The Saminists protested by lying down on the land
when the Dutch came to survey it. They also refused
to pay tax or perform labour.
C PROMBLEMS FACED AGRICULTURE
U Battle of java was the battle of
More than two thirds of the island
R
is under cultivation. Important
pacific theatre of world war 2. It
crops include sugar cane, kapok,
R occurred on the island of java
(28th feb-12th march 1942)
rubber, tea, coffee, tobacco, cacao,
E The Japanese occupied the land.
cinchona (the source of quinine),
corn, maize, cassava, peanuts,
N Just before this the Dutch used to
follow "a scorched earth" policy.
soybeans, sweet potatoes, and rice.
T The Japanese exploited the
Oil fields can be found off Java’s
northwest coast, and the island is
forests.
The villagers used this as an
also home to refineries.
S oppurtunity to expand cultivation
OTHER OCCUPATIONS
C ECONOMY Some mining takes place on the island,
E including the extraction of tin, gold, silver,
N
Much of Indonesia’s wealth is copper, coal, manganese, phosphate, and
concentrated in Java. The island’s sulfur. Java hosts the bulk of Indonesia’s
A urban areas are among the country’s manufacturing sector, with industry
R wealthiest and most developed.
Java’s economy is quite diversified,
mainly centered in the cities of Jakarta
and Surabaya. Large industries include
I and includes sizeable agricultural, rubber manufacturing, automobiles,
O mining, manufacturing, and oil and
gas sectors.
textiles, brewing, and the production of
shoes, paper, soap, cement, and
cigarettes
QUIZ~
QUESTION 1
Which community were skilled
forest cutters and shifting
cultivators?
QUESTION 4
QUESTION 2
who questioned the state What are some large industries
ownership of forests in a teak found in Java? (name any 2)
village of Java? QUESTION 5
+50
Which republic was a Java
QUESTION 3 colonised by?
What was the battle of Java?
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