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ees-487	Deb, Debal	The Erosion of Biodiversity and Culture: Bankura District of West Bengal as an Illustrative Locale 	2022	38	.pdf	application/pdf	13008	811	53	No. of Mature Individuals Status in District* Reference Bhadu Vitex glabrata Barjora Last specimen felled in 2016 EW Deb (2019c) Sitapatra Cordia macleodii Bishnupur, Sonamukhi 6 CR Deb et al. (2018) Bharna Crateva nurvala All blocks <800 EN Deb (2014) [145] Debal Deb 4.1.1 Forest The multi-tier mixed deciduous forests of the extended Chota Nagpur plateau, including the lateritic districts of Bengal, were destroyed in the second half of the nineteenth century, when the British colonial forest policy transformed all native forests into silvicultural timber farms—initially for building railroads and ships, from the late 1850s, and later and more importantly, for military use during the World Wars in 1914–1918 and 1940–1944 (Flint 1998; Sivaramakrishnan 1999).	cache/ees-487.pdf	txt/ees-487.txt