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1. The Chipko Movement

2. •Resistancetodestruction
offorestsspreadinthe
hillsofUttaranchal
in1970‟s
•Birthplace-Gopeshwar
inDistrictChamoli.
•FirstChipkoactionMarch
1974inRenivillage.

3. •Chipkomeanstreehuggingor“embrace”as
thevillagershuggedthetrees.
•LocallyitiscalledasAngwal.
•Themovementisbestknownforitstacticof
huggingtreestopreventthembeingcut
downandtopreventcommercialtimber
harvesting.

4. Background
•Government'sdecisiontoallotforesttreestoasports
goodscompany.
•ThelocalresidentsinGopeshwarweredeniedthesimilar
demandofgettingfewtrees,requiredformakingfarm
tools.
•Mr.ChandiPrasadBhattof„DasoliGramSwarajya
Sangh‟(DGSS)wantedtoestablishsmallindustriesusing
forestresources,withanaimtoprovidejobopportunities
tolocalyouthandcheckmigration.

5. •Founder of Chipko
movement.
•Organized rallies to protect
the forest from mass
destruction.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt

6. “Letthemknowwewillnotallowthefelling
ofasingletree.Whentheirmenraise
theiraxes,wewillembracethetreesto
protectthem.”
-ChandiPrasadBhatt

7. The birth of chipko
movement
Gaura Devi
(an elderly woman)
•Head of the village
Mahila Mangal Dal.
•Mobilized village women
for the movement when
company men marched
to cut the trees.

8. GauraDevistoodon
wayanddeclared:
“Theforestnurturesus
likeamother;youwill
onlybeabletouse
youraxesonitbut
youhavetousethem
firstonus.”

9. The spreading of movement
Sunder Lal Bahuguna
(Environmentalist)
•Enlightenedthecountry
andoutworldaboutthe
movement,itssuccess
andenvironmentalimpact.
•Padmabhushanwinnerfor
hiscontributioninthe
movement.

10. Sparking off of the movement
•Chandi Prasad Bhatt
•Sunder Lal Bahuguna
•Sarla Bahen from Lakshmi Ashram
•Women groups
•the Uttarakahand Sangharsh Vahini (USV)

11. •took part in different rallies and
gatherings
•highlighted the importance of trees in
the life of human beings.
•active in protecting the forests from
auctions for commercial cuttings

12. Sparking off of the movement
•GhanasyamRaturi,theChipkopoet,
whosesongsechoedtheduringthe
movementdescribingthemethodof
embracingthetreestosavethemfrom
felling.
“Embrace the trees and
Save them from being felled;
The wealth of our hills,
Save them from being looted.”

13. Sparking off of the movement
Girda (Girish Tewari)
•Inspired the movement in Kumaon region with
USV.
•By beating of hudka(a rhythming instrument)
and singing various songs.
“Today Himalaya is calling you,
Wake up my son,
Do not allow my auction,
Protect me from being slaughtered.”

14. Success of Chipko movement
•Themovementhasspreadtomanystatesinthe
country.
•ItstoppedfellingoftreesintheWesternGhats
andtheVindhyas.
•Generatedpressureforformulationofanatural
resourcepolicy.
•Achievedamajorvictoryin1980witha15-year
banongreenfellingintheHimalayanforests
•Morethan1,00,000treeshavebeensavedfrom
excavation.
•StartedprotectingforestslopesandRestoring
bareones.

15. Success of Chipko movement
•Afterwardenvironmentalawareness
increaseddramaticallyinIndia.
•Newmethodsofforestfarminghave
beendeveloped,bothtoconservethe
forestsandcreateemployment.
•By1981,overamilliontreeshadbeen
plantedthroughtheirefforts.
•Villagerspaidspecialattentionincareof
thetreesandforesttreesarebeingused
judiciously.

16. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
-a quote
“Our movement goes beyond the erosion of
the land, to the erosion of human values.
The center of all this is humankind. If we are
not in a good relationship with the
environment, the environment will be
destroyed, and we will lose our ground. But
if you halt the erosion of humankind,
humankind will halt the erosion of the soil.”

17. Recognition
•Chandi Prasad Bhatt-Raman Megasessey
award
•Sunder Lal Bahuguna-Padma Bhusan
Award

18. Asadiversemovement withdiverse
experiences,strategies,andmotivations,
Chipkoinspiredenvironmentalistsboth
nationallyandgloballyandcontributed
substantiallytotheemergingphilosophies
ofeco-feminismanddeepecologyand
fieldsofcommunity-basedconservation
andsustainablemountaindevelopment.

19. References
•Joshi, Naveen (2006). Davanal (a novel based on Chipko
movement), Samayik Prakashan, New Delhi, pp. 504.
•Guha, R. (2006). The subaltern social ecology of Chandi
Prasad Bhatt p. 175-189, in: How much should a person
consume. Publisher:Permanent Black
•http://www.american.edu/ted/chipko.htm
•http://www.markshep.com/nonviolence/GT_Chipko.html
•http://bostonglobalaction.net/UK/nandadevi/chipko.html

20. Photographs
•Chandi Prasad Bhatt, 1978.
Photo by Mark Shepard.
•Gaura Devi, 1978.
Photo by Anupam Mishra

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