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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 29, 2020 · Chipko movement was basically a forest conservation movement started against unquestionable rights of govt. agencies to order the felling of trees. The word chipko literally means “hugging” the trees to save them from cutting.
May 28, 2024 · Chipko Movement also known as the Chipko Andolan, started in 1973. Read all about 5o Years of Chipko movement, Causes, Leaders, Impact, and Facts for UPSC Exam.
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.
Mar 26, 2018 · The Chipko movement can essentially be called a women’s movement. Women, being solely in charge of cultivation, livestock and children, suffered the most due to floods and landslides, caused due to rise in deforestation in the face of urbanisation.
Mar 26, 2024 · The Chipko movement gave rise to India’s Forest Conservation Act of 1980, the express aim of which is to conserve woodlands. A few years later, a new federal environment ministry...
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.
Apr 30, 1993 · In 20 years, Chipko has acquired many facets, primarily as a conservation endeavour by the poor, a struggle for local control of natural resources and an effort by women to protect their environment.
Jan 17, 2021 · Tree-huggers: Chipko was a grassroots movement that spread throughout Uttarakhand. When most people think of the Chipko movement, the primary image that comes to mind is of a group of village women in the Himalaya, hugging trees to protect them from felling by forest contractors.
