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Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

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Explain the chipko andolan.

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Sunderlal Bahuguna started the Chipko andolan or Chipko Movement in 1970. Sunderlal Bahuguna was a well-known environmentalist who was known to be the leader of the Chipko Movement. The major aim of the Chipko movement was the preservation of forests and trees from being destroyed. The movement started in a small village of Uttrakhand in India. The local people of a village started hugging the trees to protect them from cutting down. The Chipko movement inspired various people from local communities as well as the government to stop clearing forests.

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