social movement media
type: Concept
narrower: Chipko movement

cultural contestations
type: Concept
narrower: Chipko movement

social movements
type: Concept
narrower: Chipko movement

movements and organizations
type: Concept
narrower: Chipko movement

environment and people
type: Concept
narrower: Chipko movement

Chipko movement
type: Concept
definition: The Himalayan foothills of Uttar Pradesh produced the Chipko socioecological movement in the 1970s as a way to peacefully resist the destruction of lush forest areas like these in Gangotri, India. Photo credit: iStockphoto Chipko is a grassroots, socioecological movement that originated in the 1970s in the districts of Garwal and Kumaon—in the Himalayan foothills in the erstwhile state of Uttar Pradesh, now Uttarakhand, in India. [Source: Green Culture: An A-to-Z Guide; Chipko Movement]
broader: social movements
broader: social movement media
broader: movements and organizations
broader: environment and people
broader: cultural contestations

concepts
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type: ConceptGroup
member: Chipko movement