Discuss the role of women and communities in
protection and conservation of forests.
Discuss the role of women and communities in protection and conservation of forests.
Women and communities have played a major role in
environmental conservation movements.
(i) Case study of the bishnoi community:
TheBishnoi community in Rajasthan strictly believes in the
concept of living peacefully with nature. In 1731, the king of
Jodhpur ordered his ministers to arrange wood for the construction of
his new palace. For this purpose, the minister and the workers went
to bishnoi village. There, a Bishnoi woman called Amrita Devi along
with her daughter and hundreds of other Bishnois showed the courage
to step forward and stop them from cutting trees. They embraced the
trees and lost their lives at the hands of soldiers of the king. This
resistance by the people of the village forced the king to give up
the idea of cutting trees.
(ii) Chipko movement: The Chipko movement was
started in 1974 in the Garhwal region of the Himalayas. In this
movement, the women from the village stopped the contractors from
cutting forest trees by embracing them.
Women and communities have played a major role in environmental conservation movements.
(i) Case study of the bishnoi community: TheBishnoi community in Rajasthan strictly believes in the concept of living peacefully with nature. In 1731, the king of Jodhpur ordered his ministers to arrange wood for the construction of his new palace. For this purpose, the minister and the workers went to bishnoi village. There, a Bishnoi woman called Amrita Devi along with her daughter and hundreds of other Bishnois showed the courage to step forward and stop them from cutting trees. They embraced the trees and lost their lives at the hands of soldiers of the king. This resistance by the people of the village forced the king to give up the idea of cutting trees.
(ii) Chipko movement: The Chipko movement was started in 1974 in the Garhwal region of the Himalayas. In this movement, the women from the village stopped the contractors from cutting forest trees by embracing them.
