Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Sciencesustainable management of natrual resources3 Marks
Question
Write a note on ‘Chipko Andolan’
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Answer
The Chipko Andolan also known as ‘Hug the Trees Movement’.
This Andolan was launched by the local village people of Reni Garhwal, high-up in the Himalayas during the early $1970s$.
The Chipko Andolan was the result of a grass root level effort to end the alienation of people from forest.
The movement originated from a dispute between the local villagers and a logging contractor, who had been allowed to fell trees in a forest close to the village.
On the specific day, the contractor's workers appeared in the forest to cut the trees while the men folk were absent.
Undeterred, the women of the village reached the forest and clasped the tree trunks and prevented the workers from felling the trees.
The Chipko movement quickly spread across communities and media, and forced the government, to whom the forest belongs, to rethink their priorities in the use of forest produce.
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