Working with Chandi Prasad Bhatt, he was one of the early chroniclers of the Chipko movement that flourished through the 1970s in Uttarakhand, and published " Chipko movement : Uttarakhand women's bid to save forest wealth " in 1978.
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Working with Chandi Prasad Bhatt, he was one of the early chroniclers of the Chipko movement that flourished through the 1970s in Uttarakhand, and published " Chipko movement : Uttarakhand women's bid to save forest wealth " in 1978.
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In this 363 Bishnois, with Amrita Devi Bishnoi sacrificed their lives in 1730 AD, while protecting green khejri trees considered sacred by the community, by hugging to them, this incident is then first event of Chipko Movement in the history.
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Protection of the environment also became important in the developing world; the Chipko movement was formed in India under the influence of Mohandas Gandhi and they set up peaceful resistance to deforestation by literally hugging trees ( leading to the term " tree huggers " ).
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What caused Chipko is now a subject of debate; some neopopulists theorise Chipko as an environmental movement and an attempt to save forests, while others suggest that Chipko movement had nothing to do with eco-conservation, but was driven primarily to demand equal rights to harvest forests by local communities.
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The women left in the villages, however, protested by physically hugging themselves to the trees to prevent their being cut down, giving rise to what is now called the Chipko movement, an environmentalist movement initiated by these Indian women ( which also is where the term tree-huggers originated ).
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With entries that include the " Dhammapada " ( the main text of Theravada Buddhism ), the'Chipko movement'( the organised environmental movement to resist the destruction of forests in India'), as well as the'Saura Mandala'( solar system ), clearly, this is an encyclopedia that doesn't define'Hinduism'in any narrow, proselytising way ."
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Most well known movements in the country are Chipko movement, Save Silent Valley, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Koel Karo, Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, Jhola Aandolan chutmarika ( fighting polythene ), Appiko movement, Swatantra Sharad Joshi Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha [ http : / / www . hindu . com / 2007 / 02 / 14 / stories / 2007021414890300 . htm
