Question

name the movement satarted to prevent deforestation.Who led this movement? Subject- Social Studies​

Answer 1

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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.

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Answer 2

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Chipko Movement was started which aimed to prevent deforestation. It was originated in Reni village of Garhwal in 1970. Here the contractors wanted to cut the trees but the women folk of the village hugged the trees to prevent the contractor's workers to cut the trees. Chipko mean 'hug' and hence the movement was named as the 'Chipko Movement'.

It was started by the women folk of Reni village in Garhwal, Uttarakhand in 1970.