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Fear Of Rising Disasters Push Uttarakhand To Revive Chipko Movement
The chainsaws have gone silent in the Uttarakhand hills after the government cracked under pressure from a fierce, citizen-led eco-rebellion.
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"Chipko" Protest In Pune Against Tree Felling For Riverfront Project
Hundreds of activists on Saturday staged the 'Chalo Chipko' (Let's hug trees) agitation in the Mutha riverbed in Pune city to protest the felling of trees for the ambitious Pune River Front Development (RFD) project.
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Sunderlal Bahuguna, Noted Environmentalist, Dies Of COVID-19
Sunderlal Bahuguna, one of India's best-known environmentalist and a pioneer of the Chipko Movement against the cutting of trees, today died of COVID-19 in Rishikesh.
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Mindless Rampage On Himalayas Must Stop: Chipko Movement Leader
The glacial burst near Chamoli district's Raini village, the cradle of the Chipko movement, should serve as a wake-up call to stop the rampage on the Himalayan ecological system in the name of development, said Magsaysay awardee Chandi Prasad Bhatt on Monday.
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Chipko Movement: When Villagers Hugged Trees To Save Them From Cutting
Chipko movement: During the 1970s, when reckless cutting of trees started affecting people's livelihoods, the villagers from Uttarakhand's Chamoli started hugging trees to prevent them from cutting.
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Chipko Movement: What Is It All About
The Chipko movement was a turning point in forest conservation efforts in India. Chipko, signifying 'embrace or hug', was the strategy of hundreds of villagers -mostly women- in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, to save the forest cover on the Garhwal Himalyas. Reckless felling of trees on the hill slopes was having a devastating effect on the livel...
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Chipko Movement Turns 45, Google Celebrates With A Doodle
Google today celebrates the 45th anniversary of Chipko Movement through a doodle. Chipko Movement refers to a non-violent movement for conservation of forest.
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In a quest to save Mumbai's green cover
Sixty five RTI applications and still going strong. NDTV meets an angry citizen from Mumbai who's activism has done his city a world of good.
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Fear Of Rising Disasters Push Uttarakhand To Revive Chipko Movement
The chainsaws have gone silent in the Uttarakhand hills after the government cracked under pressure from a fierce, citizen-led eco-rebellion.
-
"Chipko" Protest In Pune Against Tree Felling For Riverfront Project
Hundreds of activists on Saturday staged the 'Chalo Chipko' (Let's hug trees) agitation in the Mutha riverbed in Pune city to protest the felling of trees for the ambitious Pune River Front Development (RFD) project.
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Sunderlal Bahuguna, Noted Environmentalist, Dies Of COVID-19
Sunderlal Bahuguna, one of India's best-known environmentalist and a pioneer of the Chipko Movement against the cutting of trees, today died of COVID-19 in Rishikesh.
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Mindless Rampage On Himalayas Must Stop: Chipko Movement Leader
The glacial burst near Chamoli district's Raini village, the cradle of the Chipko movement, should serve as a wake-up call to stop the rampage on the Himalayan ecological system in the name of development, said Magsaysay awardee Chandi Prasad Bhatt on Monday.
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Chipko Movement: When Villagers Hugged Trees To Save Them From Cutting
Chipko movement: During the 1970s, when reckless cutting of trees started affecting people's livelihoods, the villagers from Uttarakhand's Chamoli started hugging trees to prevent them from cutting.
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Chipko Movement: What Is It All About
The Chipko movement was a turning point in forest conservation efforts in India. Chipko, signifying 'embrace or hug', was the strategy of hundreds of villagers -mostly women- in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, to save the forest cover on the Garhwal Himalyas. Reckless felling of trees on the hill slopes was having a devastating effect on the livel...
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Chipko Movement Turns 45, Google Celebrates With A Doodle
Google today celebrates the 45th anniversary of Chipko Movement through a doodle. Chipko Movement refers to a non-violent movement for conservation of forest.
-
In a quest to save Mumbai's green cover
Sixty five RTI applications and still going strong. NDTV meets an angry citizen from Mumbai who's activism has done his city a world of good.
