GROUP 5

BISHARAT WATAARA 1976189

NEHA SHAKYA 1976052
R.INDU SHEETAL 1976148
PATRICIA MUSYOKA 1976183
RAJEEV RANJAN 1976063
HARSH LAL 1976147

CHIPKO MOVEMENT
 CONTENT
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▪Introduction. ▪Founder of the
movement.
▪ History.
▪Why did women
▪ Reasons.
support movement.
▪ Rise of the movement.
▪ Women’s role.
▪ Aims of the
▪ Success of the
INTRODUCTIO
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▪It was primarily a forest conservation movement.
▪It inspired many eco-groups by helping slow down rapid
deforestation.
▪It created a precedent for non-violent protest started
in India.
▪It stirred up the civil society in India to address the issue
of tribal people.
▪ It was started in 1970 aimed to protect trees
▪ It was started in the northern Himalayan segment
▪ The word “Chipko” refers to “Stick” or “to hug”.
▪ The word came from a word meaning “embrace”.
▪ The main objective of this movement was to
ensure an ecological balance.
 Histo r y o f Chipko
Movement
▪ Chipko movement was a daring act of non-violence.
▪ It was carried out all over India in order to save
trees of the forest for being cut down.
▪ It was originated in Rajasthan in 20th century.
▪ BISHNOI community living around the forest
protested against the king wishes to cut down the
forest trees.
▪ Women and men hugged the trees to prevent
cutting down the trees.
▪ Many people lost their lives during protest.
 REASONS FOR START OF CHIPKO MOVEMENT

▪ In Uttarakhand during the 20th century, large scale deforestation

brought a lot of hardships to common people.

▪ Problems arose due to inefficient policies of the government.

▪ Lack of environmental & ecological awareness in society.

▪ People gave up on keeping large livestock.

▪ Caused malnutrition among people.
▪ Heavy effect on the ecological balance of the
region.
▪ Poor condition of land.
▪ Scarcity of drinking water.
▪ Government turned deaf ears to the
people's conditions.
 RISE OF CHIPKO MOVEMENT

▪ On March 26, 1974, in the absence of men of Reni village & DGSS workers, lumber
Laborers arrived by the truckload to start logging operation.
▪ Gaura Devi, along with 27 of village women confronted the loggers.
▪ Loggers threatened them.
▪ Women held bravely & hugged the trees.
▪ Next day the movement spread to the neighboring villages. eventually only after
few hours Stand-off the contractors left.
▪ Women were the backbone of the Chipko Movement.
▪ The movement also caught fire in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Karnataka
AIMS OF CHIPKO MOVEMENT

▪ To save the trees in that area because the forest is the main
source of
livelihood in tribal areas.
▪ To maintain the ecological balance of that area.
▪ The aim of Chipko Movement revolves around 5 F Strategy- Food,
fodder, fuel, fiber and fertilizer.
 FOUNDER OF CHIPKO MOVEMENT

▪ Sunder Lal Bahuguna (Environmentalist)

▪ Enlightened the country and our world about the
movement, its success, and environmental
impact.
▪ Padmabhushan winner for his contribution in
the movement.
WHY DID WOMEN SUPPORT CHIPKO
MOVEMENT?
▪ The message of the Chipko workers made a direct appeal to
rural
women.
▪ For rural women, saving the environment was crucial to
their economic survival.
▪ As primary food, fuel, and water gatherers, women had a
strong interest in reversing deforestation, desertification and
water pollution.
▪ Thus when Mahatma Gandhi gave a call to women to come
out of their homes to work for the cause, sheer survival made
women support the movement.
Women’s role in chipko movement

▪ In the case of women’s role in the Chipko movement, (Chipko a

word
meaning hugging) is used to describe the movement because
local village women literally “hugged” trees, interposing their
bodies between the trees and the loggers to prevent their being
cut down.
 Success o f Chipko
movement

 The movement has spread to many states in the country.

▪ It stopped the felling of trees in the Western Ghats and the Vindhyas.
▪ Generated pressure for the formulation of natural resource policy.
▪ Achieved a major victory in 1980 with a 15-year ban on green felling in
the Himalayan forests
▪ More than 1,00,000 trees have been saved from excavation.
▪ Started protecting forest slopes and Restoring bare ones.
▪ Afterward environmental awareness increased dramatically in
India.
▪ New methods of forest farming have been developed, both
to conserve the forests and create employment.
▪ By 1981, over a million trees had been planted through
their efforts.
▪ Villagers paid special attention in care of the trees and forest
trees are being used judiciously
THANK
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