Question

What do you know about Chipko Andolan?

Answer 1

Chipko Andolan:

1. Chipko Movement was started on April 24,1973, at Mandal of Chamoli district of Garhwal division of Uttarakhand.
2. The Chipko is one of the world-known environmental movements in India.
3. The movement was raised out of ecological destabilization in the hills.
4. The fall in the productivity of the forest produces forced the hill dwellers to depend on the market, which became a central concern for the inhabitants.
5. Forest resource exploitation was considered the reason behind natural calamities like floods, and landslides.
6. On March 27 the decision was taken to ‘Chipko” that is ‘to hug’ the trees that were threatened by the axe and thus the Chipko Andolan (movement) was born.
7. This form of protest was instrumental in driving away from the private companies from felling the ash trees.
8. Sunderlal Bahuguna is one of the most famous and early environmentalists of India.
9. He was the leader of the famous Chipko movement.
10. He has spent a large portion of his life fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas.
11. The movement which was started in Reni village in Garhwal to protect the trees by hugging them and not allowing the cutting of these trees was called Chipko Andolan.
12. The Chipko movement quickly spread across communities and media, and forced the government, to whom the forest belongs, to rethink their priorities in the name of forest produce.
13. The participation of local people led to the efficient management of forests.