How did ‘Chipko Andolan’ ultimately benefit the local people? Describe briefly.
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How did ‘Chipko Andolan’ ultimately benefit the local people? Describe briefly.
Chipko movement, also called Chipko Andolan, was a nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, it aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging.
It forced the government to rethink their priorities in the use of forest produce and include the local people in forest management.
The local people could continue depending on the forests for meeting their basic needs.
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The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan, was a forest conservation movement in India, which began in 1973, in Uttarakhand, then a small part of Uttar Pradesh and it went on to become a rallying point for many future environmental movements all over the world. It also created a precedent for starting nonviolent protest in India.
The Chipko movement can be also represented as a women's movement. Women, being solely in charge of cultivation, livestock and children, lost their everything because of floods and landslides, caused due to rise in deforestation in the times of urbanisation.
In 1973, This movement aimed that it will take the responsibility for protection and conservation of trees, but, perhaps, it is best remembered for the collective mobilisation of women for the cause of preserving forests, which also brought about a change in attitude regarding their own status in society.
However, not many people know that the original Chipko andolan dates back to the 18th century and was started by Rajasthan’s Bishnoi community. The incident has been etched in the annals of history for the sacrifice of a group of villagers, who led by a lady named Amrita Devi, laid down their lives while protecting trees from being felled on the orders of then King of Jodhpur. After this incident, the king, in a royal decree, banned cutting of trees in all Bishnoi villages.