Following the emergence of its colonial forest service, France establishes the first forest reserves to manage the precious tropical rain forests in Cochinchina (present-day Vietnam).
More than three million Bengali perish in a famine that remains one of the worst catastrophes in the history of modern India.
The Sharda Canal is the last major British colonial irrigation project completed in the United Provinces of India.
The Act is the first British legislation to encompass all of India’s forests and waterways.
The passage of the first forest regulations in India under British rule leads to the establishment of the Imperial Forest Service.
The outbreak of the Spanish Influenza kills more than twelve million people in India.
A severe drought hits the region of the Sahel and West African Sudan, causing widespread famines.
Increased European demand for rubber leads to the destruction of forests in West and Central Africa.
