Chipco Movement:

A popular environment movement in India started by Sunderlal Bahuguna in 1972. Chipco is a Hindi-Garhwali word meaning embrace. The first direct action of this movement took place in 1973 at the Mandal forest in the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh when the villagers marched in procession and put their arms around 50 ash trees marked by the forest department for felling. Initially it aimed at protection of trees but later the campaign turned to be a wide movement for alternative development.