Question

With reference to the Forest Conservation Movement, explain the Chipko Movement. Give the reason for its success.

Answer 1

Chipko movement means people sticking to the tree. Chipko movement was a movement that took place to save trees by the people living in the Garhwal Himalaya. Chipko literally means to stick with their arms spread around the trees' trunks in the Garhwal Himalayas. Reasons for Success are: Hundreds of men, women, and children clung to the trees when the loggers came to cut the trees. The loggers were challenged to first kill the people and then cut the trees. So, the loggers had to withdraw themselves without cutting the trees.