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To stop the ruthless cutting of trees in the Himalayas, a unique movement - Chipko was
started. The word Chipko means to 'hug'or to 'embrace in Hindi. The movement derived its
name from the dramatic circumstances in which it was born.
In March 1973, wlien treefellers arrived in Mandal village of Uttar Pradesh to cull trees,
they found that hundreds of women had gathered there. They protested the tree-feliing and
clung to the trees literally embracing them to save them from the axes. The non-violent protest
worked and the trees were saved. From that day Chipko has become an important word in the
dictionary of environnemalists the world over.
The movement got a big push when Sunderlal Bahuguna, an environmental activist of
Tehri actively supported it. He and his volunteers travelled on foot from village to village to
educate cnd involved the local people on the urgent need of forest conservation. "Out blueprint
is noi only for the saving of the trees but for the survival of mankind," said Bahugana.
Similar to the Chipko movement is the Appico (meaning 'to hug' in Kannada) movement
started in Karnataka. The movements motivated many other activists to fight against tree-felling,​

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