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'Chipko' movement is associated with ______.

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Human rights
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Women welfare
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Religious activists
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Environmental conservation
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Solution

The correct option is C Environmental conservation
Environmental conservation,
Sunderlal Bahuguna, a noted environmentalist who initiated the Chipko Movement, was born on January 9, 1927. The man who has been fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas celebrates his 90th birthday today. Bahuguna is also known for coining the Chipko slogan 'ecology is permanent economy'.

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