2. • Chipko movement, also called Chipko andolan, nonviolent
social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly
women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and
forests slated for government-backed logging.
WHAT IS CHIPKO MOVEMENT
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• Sunderlal Bahuguna has started Chipko movement . Sunderlal
Bahuguna gave a direction to the movement and his appeal
to Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, resulted in
the ban of cutting trees. His appeal resulted in a 15-year ban on
chopping of green trees in 1980.
WHO STARTED CHIPKO MOVEMENT
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• Uttar Pradesh's Mandal
• In modern India, Chipko Movement started in April 1973
in Uttar Pradesh's Mandal village in the
upper Alakananda valley. Soon it spread to other Himalayan
districts of the state. The Chipko Movement was triggered by
a government decision to allot forest land to a sports goods
company.
Where Chipko movement started
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• THE VANMAHOTSAVA MOVEMENT WAS STARTED BY THE
GOVERNAMENT. Van Mahotsav is an annual pan-Indian tree
planting festival, occupying a week in the month of July. During
this event millions of trees are planted. ... Munshi, the then
Union Minister for Agriculture and Food to create an enthusiasm
in the mind of the populace for the conservation of forests and
planting of trees.
VANAMAHOTSAVA
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• We celebrated Van Mahotsava with our Scouts brother.It is an
annual tree planting festival in the month of July. ... It was
started to create awareness in the mind of the people for the
conservation of forests and planting of new
trees. Van Mahotsava is celebrated as a festival of life.
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• Celebrating the importance of trees, Van Mahotsav was
initiated in 1950 to celebrate the importance of growing and
saving forests and to create awareness about the bad effects of
deforestation, which is a great initiative, it is observed in the first
week of July each year. ... Plant more and more trees every
day.
Why vanamahostav in only July?