Question

What do you mean by Chipko Movement? ​

Answer 1

chipko movement was started in Uttarakhand

chipko movement is the movement to protect the trees by hugging the trees by the villagers

Answer 2

Chipko Movement;

Chipko movement: It was a movement organized by some villagers to save down the forest to cut down

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The Chipko Andolan originated from an incident in a remote village called 'Reni' in Gharwal , high up in the Himalayas in the early 1970s. A logging contractor has been allowed to cut down trees in a forest close to a village . The people of the village did not want this forest to be cut down because it would have spoilt their healthy environment . One day the man folk of the village were out for work, the contractors workers came in the forest to cut down the trees in the absence of man , the woman of the village reached the forest quickly and clasp the tree trunks with their arms, preventing the workers from cutting down the trees . The forest trees were saved. The Chipko movement quickly spread over the all the communities and help in the conservation of forest .