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The '''Chipko movement''' is a women-led environmentalist movement in the Himalayas.  
The '''Chipko movement''' is a women-led environmentalist movement in the Himalayas.  


* Wikipedia: "The '''Chipko movement''' or '''Chipko Andolan''' (literally "to stick" in [[Hindi]]) is a [[social ecology|social-ecological]] movement that practised the [[Gandhian]] methods of [[satyagraha]] and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the [[Garhwal Division|Garhwal]] [[Himalayas]] of [[Uttarakhand]],<ref>Then in Uttar Pradesh state.</ref> with growing awareness towards rapid deforestation. The landmark event in this struggle took place on March 26, 1974, when a group of peasant women in Reni village, Hemwalghati, in [[Chamoli district]], [[Uttarakhand]], India, acted to prevent the cutting of trees and reclaim their traditional forest rights that were threatened by the contractor system of the state Forest Department, and inspired hundreds of such grassroot level actions, throughout the region. By the 80s, the movement spread throughout India, and led to formulation of people sensitive forest policies and stopping of open felling of trees in regions as far reaching as Vindhyas and the [[Western Ghats]].<ref name=jeff/>"<ref>Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipko_movement "Chipko movement"] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chipko_movement&oldid=404200177 visited 2010/12/25]).</ref>
* Wikipedia: "The '''Chipko movement''' or '''Chipko Andolan''' (literally "to stick" in [[Hindi]]) is a [[social ecology|social-ecological]] movement that practised the [[Gandhian]] methods of [[satyagraha]] and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the [[Garhwal Division|Garhwal]] [[Himalayas]] of [[Uttarakhand]],<ref>Then in Uttar Pradesh state.</ref> with growing awareness towards rapid deforestation. The landmark event in this struggle took place on March 26, 1974, when a group of peasant women in Reni village, Hemwalghati, in [[Chamoli district]], [[Uttarakhand]], India, acted to prevent the cutting of trees and reclaim their traditional forest rights that were threatened by the contractor system of the state Forest Department, and inspired hundreds of such grassroot level actions, throughout the region. By the 80s, the movement spread throughout India, and led to formulation of people sensitive forest policies and stopping of open felling of trees in regions as far reaching as Vindhyas and the [[Western Ghats]].<ref name=jeff>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wJeqIsUmD9gC&pg=PA229&dq=Chipko&lr= The Chipko Movement] ''Politics in the developing world: a concise introduction'', by Jeffrey Haynes. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2002. ISBN 0-631-22556-0. ''Page 229''.</ref>"<ref>Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipko_movement "Chipko movement"] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chipko_movement&oldid=404200177 visited 2010/12/25]).</ref>
* [[Vandana Singh]]: "We went to study the Chipko movement, a unique grassroots environmental movement initiated and led by rural women. It was a paradigm-shifting experience as I came face to face with a completely homegrown feminism, as well as a first-hand realization of how caste and class and economic issues determine how the other 90% live."<ref>Aqueduct Press, [http://www.aqueductpress.com/authors/VandanaSingh.html "Vandana Singh"] (visited 2010/12/25).</ref>  
* [[Vandana Singh]]: "We went to study the Chipko movement, a unique grassroots environmental movement initiated and led by rural women. It was a paradigm-shifting experience as I came face to face with a completely homegrown feminism, as well as a first-hand realization of how caste and class and economic issues determine how the other 90% live."<ref>Aqueduct Press, [http://www.aqueductpress.com/authors/VandanaSingh.html "Vandana Singh"] (visited 2010/12/25).</ref>  


Revision as of 11:33, 25 December 2010

The Chipko movement is a women-led environmentalist movement in the Himalayas.

  • Wikipedia: "The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan (literally "to stick" in Hindi) is a social-ecological movement that practised the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand,[1] with growing awareness towards rapid deforestation. The landmark event in this struggle took place on March 26, 1974, when a group of peasant women in Reni village, Hemwalghati, in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, acted to prevent the cutting of trees and reclaim their traditional forest rights that were threatened by the contractor system of the state Forest Department, and inspired hundreds of such grassroot level actions, throughout the region. By the 80s, the movement spread throughout India, and led to formulation of people sensitive forest policies and stopping of open felling of trees in regions as far reaching as Vindhyas and the Western Ghats.[2]"[3]
  • Vandana Singh: "We went to study the Chipko movement, a unique grassroots environmental movement initiated and led by rural women. It was a paradigm-shifting experience as I came face to face with a completely homegrown feminism, as well as a first-hand realization of how caste and class and economic issues determine how the other 90% live."[4]


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Notes

  1. ↑ Then in Uttar Pradesh state.
  2. ↑ The Chipko Movement Politics in the developing world: a concise introduction, by Jeffrey Haynes. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2002. ISBN 0-631-22556-0. Page 229.
  3. ↑ Wikipedia, "Chipko movement" (visited 2010/12/25).
  4. ↑ Aqueduct Press, "Vandana Singh" (visited 2010/12/25).
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