Chipko movement
- The Chipko movement started in 1973 in the Himalayan region for the preservation of forests that were a source of livelihood for traditional communities.
- The word ‘chipko’ means ‘embrace’. The villages hugged the trees to prevent them from being cut down.
- Rapid deforestation and engineering projects have resulted in floods and landslides in nearby areas.
- Sundarlal Bahuguna pioneered this non-violent protest to save the Hasdeo Aranya forests of the Korba, Surguja, and Surajpur districts.
- He coined the slogan ‘ecology is the permanent economy’.
- Women actively participated in this movement for the cause of forest preservation.
- This movement paved the way for the Appiko movement in the Himalayas to protect the forest cover.
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