FORESTRY
FOREST PROTECTION
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Human rights
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Political rights
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Agricultural expansion
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Forest conservation
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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: -The Chipko movement was a group action in India with the goal of saving trees. This is mainly done through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being cut. It was also known as Chipko Andolan. Those who were part of it used nonviolent protests.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Chipko movement’s main influence was that it encouraged the government of the Union to amend the Indian Forest Act, 1927, and adopted the 1980 Forest Protection Act, which specifies that forest land should not be used for non-forest purposes.