The Chipko movement
by
—
last modified
2022-09-12T11:38:21+01:00
Sengar, Shweta: ‘Chipko Andolan’ Was The Strongest Movement To Conserve Forests & India Needs It Again, in: India Times, 25/06/2018, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Sengar, Shweta: ‘Chipko Andolan’ Was The Strongest Movement To Conserve Forests & India Needs It Again, in: India Times, 25/06/2018, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Chipko Movement, black-and-white photograph, 2018, photographer unknown; source: India Times, 25/06/2018, Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_chipko_movement_1522047126.jpg, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en.
Four Chipko protesters are clinging to a tree which they are protecting from being logged. Chipko is Hindi for "hug" or "cling to". The movement originated in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand in 1973 and was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's (1869–1948) non-violent protest forms. The movement used these tactis in the attempt to stop the himalayan deforestation.
Chipko Movement, black-and-white photograph, 2018, photographer unknown; source: India Times, 25/06/2018, Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_chipko_movement_1522047126.jpg, 
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
