OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

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: -It was then that environmentalist and Gandhian social activist Chandi Prasad Bhatt, founder of the cooperative organisation Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh, led the first Chipko movement near the village of Mandal in 1973.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Food, fodder, fuel, fibre and fertilizer are the five Fs of chipko movement required for a self-sustained society.