Over email, the academic-author-traveller talks about what he finds objectionable about the conversation around the Chipko Movement, the popularity of tree plantation drives, and the way forward for ...

Residents and wildlife conservationists in Uttarakhand have announced a ‘Chipko Movement’ to save 10,000 trees in Shivalik Elephant Reserve, one of the premier reserves for pachyderms in the country, ...

The Chipko movement, also known as the Chipko Andolan, was a forest conservation movement. It was an ecological movement that took place in the northern Himalayas segment of Uttar Pradesh (later ...

Bahuguna passed away while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at Rishikesh’s All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) on Friday. He was 94. A recipient of India’s second-highest civilian award, ...

The Chipko Andolan lost its ground at home, but its legacy lies in people’s ecological movements that emerged elsewhere in the country Given my interest in people’s ecological movements, I was greatly ...

Chipko Movement: Google marked 45th anniversary of the Chipko andolan with a doodle. New Delhi: Google today celebrates the 45th anniversary of Chipko Movement through a doodle. Chipko Movement refers ...

Google Doodle is today commemorating the 45th anniversary of the famous Chipko Movement that started in the late 1973 AD in the Uttarakhand state of India. Chipko stands for "hugging trees" to prevent ...

New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday took a potshot at Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he started ‘chipko andolan’ in ...

Google on Monday celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Chipko Movement – the non-violent resistance by mostly local women to protect the forests of Uttar Pradesh. The sections of the forests where ...

The Chipko movement was a turning point in the forest conservation efforts in India. During the 1970s, when reckless cutting of trees started affecting people's livelihoods, the villagers from ...

"Chipko movement leader Sundarlal Bahuguna died of COVID-19 at AIIMS, Rishikesh today," the AIIMS Rishikesh informed. The 94-year-old was admitted to the hospital after his oxygen levels started ...