Chipko Movement. Year 1973. According to the centre for science and environment, chipko began in 1973 in the remote hill town of gopeshwar. The objective of dgsm was to empower people who coexisted with the forest.
It was sparked off by the government's decision to allot a plot of forest area in the alaknanda valley to a. The name of the movement comes from a word meaning 'embrace': The villagers hugged the trees and thus saved them by putting their bodies in the way of the contractors’ axes.
March 8 is not just a day to celebrate and give visibility to women’s struggles, it is also a day to remember and appreciate the valuable inspiration they provide for every other struggle today.
The bishnoi society is india’s leading environmentalists at that time, who inspired the chipko movement in 1973. It was sparked off by the government's decision to allot a plot of forest area in the alaknanda valley to a. Google on monday, commemorated the 45th year of the chipko movement with a beautiful doodle showing four women forming a human chain around a tree. The name of the movement comes from a word meaning 'embrace':