Question

Give another name for the Chipko Movement.

Answer 1

Chipko Movement:

1. It is an environmentalist movement concerned with forest preservation.
2. The movement began with an incident in a remote village called Reni in Garhwal, high-up in the Himalayas during the early 1970s.
3. Another name for the Chipko Movement is “Hug the Tree Movement” or “Chipko Andolan”.