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The Chipko movement ( Hindi: चिपको आन्दोलन, lit. 'hugging movement') is a forest conservation movement in India. Opposed to commercial logging and the government's policies on deforestation, protesters in the 1970s engaged in tree hugging, wrapping their arms around trees so that they could not be felled. [1]
Jun 17, 2024 · Chipko movement, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging.
May 28, 2024 · The nonviolent Chipko movement also referred to as the Chipko Andolan, was established in the Himalayan area of Uttarakhand in 1973. Since the term “chipko” literally translates to “hug,” the movement got its name from protesters who hugged trees to defend them from loggers.
चिपको आंदोलन पर्यावरण से संबंधित है यह गौरा देवी ने चलाया था। चिपको आंदोलन एक पर्यावरण-रक्षा का आन्दोलन था। यह भारत के उत्तराखण्ड राज्य (तब उत्तर प्रदेश का भाग) में किसानो ने अंगूर के वृक्षों की कटाई का विरोध करने के लिए किया था। वे राज्य के वन विभाग के ठेकेदारों द्वारा वनों की कटाई का विरोध कर रहे थे और उन पर अपना परम्परागत अधिकार जता रहे थे। [1]
May 29, 2020 · In modern India, the origin of the chipko movement is a village named ‘Mandal’ in Uttarakhand (former part of Uttar Pradesh) in the upper ‘Alaknanda’ valley. However, the Andolan got momentum in the 1970s but evolved as one of the most influential protests of Indian history in the year 1973.
May 22, 2021 · Sunderlal Bahuguna (1927-2021): Initiated the chipko movement to guard the trees on the Himalayan slopes. Known for coining the Chipko slogan ‘ecology is permanent economy’. After the Chipko movement in the 1970s, he gave the message across the globe that ecology and ecosystem are more important.
Oct 25, 2023 · The Chipko Andolan, or Chipko Movement, emerged as a powerful environmental movement in India during the 1970s. The movement’s primary objective was to protect forests and natural resources from rampant deforestation and commercial logging practices that threatened the fragile ecosystems of the Indian Himalayas.
Mar 26, 2024 · As word spread, the act of chipko, or embracing a tree, became an andolan — a movement — which united people across social, caste and age groups, with even children participating in many ...
The Chipko Movement is a non-violent resistance aiming to protect India’s forests. The movement began in the 1970s in response to the increasing destruction of forests for commerce and industry.
Mar 26, 2018 · The Chipko movement can essentially be called a women's movement. Women, being solely in charge of cultivation, livestock and children, lost all they had because of floods and landslides, caused due to rise in deforestation in the face of urbanisation.
