The Chipko movement (Hindi: चिपको आन्दोलन, lit. 'hugging movement') is a forest conservation movement in India. Opposed to commercial logging and the government's policies on deforestation, protesters in the 1970s engaged in tree hugging, wrapping their arms around trees so that they could not be felled.
The Chipko Movement was launched by Chandi Prasad Bhatt and Sunder Lal Bahugunaagainst large-scale cutting of trees by timber contractors in the Uttarakhand hills. Sunder Lal Bahuguna has spent a large portion of his life fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas.
(A) Uttarakhand
