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Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Food, fodder, fuel, fibre and fertilizer are the five Fs of chipko movement required for a self-sustained society.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Chipko movement (Hindi: chipko andolan, lit. ‘[tree] hugging movement’) is a forest conservation movement in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Top 10 points of the Chipko movement Angry villagers of Gopeshwar in Chamoli, whose livelihood depended on the forests, opposed the government’s decision. The forest department had earlier prohibited the villagers from felling ten trees, for making farming tools but gave permission to Simon company, to cut 300 trees.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chipko Movement, started in 1970’s, was a non violent movement aimed at protection and conservation of trees and forests from being destroyed. The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word ‘embrace’ as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them.