Chipko Movement (means to hug or to embrace) Year :- 1973
Place :- Chamoli, Uttarakhand
Leaders :- Sunderlal Bahuguna, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Gaura Devi.
Cause :- Commercial logging by govt.
Method :- Villagers hugged trees to stop cutting.
Outcome :- Green felling ban in Himalayas (15 yrs)
Appiko Movement (Appiko means “to hug” in Kannada)Year :- 1983
Place :- Kalase forest of Karnataka.
Leader :- Pandurang Hegde.
Cause :- Contractors Deforestation & over-logging in Western Ghats.
Methods :- Villagers hugged trees + awareness rallies & folk methods.
Outcomes :- Logging stopped, forest policy reviewed in Karnataka.
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