Question

Have you ever heard about the 'Chipko
movement?
This was a forest conservation movement where
people embraced the trees to prevent them from
being cut.
Find out when and where it was started and more
details about it.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Chipko movement, also called Chipko andolan, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging. The movement originated in the Himalayan region of Uttar Pradesh (later Uttarakhand) in 1973 and quickly spread throughout the Indian Himalayas. The Hindi word chipko means “to hug” or “to cling to” and reflects the demonstrators’ primary tactic of embracing the trees to impede the loggers.The first Chipko protest occurred near the village of Mandal in the upper Alaknanda valley in April 1973.