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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.
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]
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 · Objectives of chipko movement. The slogan of the chipko movement was “ecology is a permanent economy,” as coined by Sunderlal Bahuguna. He said to embrace the trees and save them from being felled down because they are the property of our hills. Save them from being looted.
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, lost all they had because of floods and landslides, caused due to rise in deforestation in the face of urbanisation.
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 ...
Chipko movement, also called Chipko andolan, 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.
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.
