write a short note about 'the Chipko movement'
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chipko Movement, started in 1970's, was a non violent movement aimed at protection and conservation of trees and forests from being destroyed. The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word 'embrace' as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them
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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.
Location: Bhagirathi River; Himalayas; India; Uttar Pradesh
Context: Mahatma Gandhi; Satyagraha
Date: 1973 - c. 2004
Related topics: Environmentalism
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