describe the Chipko movement and its consequences
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Chpko movement was started by Sundarala Bahuguna.
In the 1970s, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as the Chipko movement. The name of the movementcomes from the word 'embrace', as the villagers hugged the trees, and prevented the contractors' from felling them.
In the 1970s, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as the Chipko movement. The name of the movementcomes from the word 'embrace', as the villagers hugged the trees, and prevented the contractors' from felling them.
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Chipko movement started in 1970, non violent movement aimed at protection and conservation of trees from being destroyed .
The outcomes were-
1. The goverment issued a ban on felling the trees in the Himalayan region for 15years until the green cover was fully restored.
2. It became a symbol of many popular movement that emerged in different partsof country during 1970s and later.
The outcomes were-
1. The goverment issued a ban on felling the trees in the Himalayan region for 15years until the green cover was fully restored.
2. It became a symbol of many popular movement that emerged in different partsof country during 1970s and later.
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