Question

Even today is the need for a movement like the ‘Chipko’ movement. Explain this with the help of an example that you have experienced.

Answer 1

Chipko movement is a non violence movement to protect tree from cutting down. Local people especially women of the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand began to stick to trees when it was being cut.

Complete step by step answer: Everyone is familiar with pollution and global warming hazards. Our world is facing many environmental crises. Famine, Natural disaster, Glacier melting, and water shortage. But there is one solution to all that environmental crisis is to encourage afforestation and discourage deforestation. Trees are very helpful to solve our all environmental crisis. Some roles of trees that help to overcome the environmental crisis.
1. By the transpiration process the underground water is available in the air in the form of water vapours. Trees help in increasing the amount of water vapor in the air which in the end result in rain.
2. Tress not only takes carbon dioxide but it also takes other harmful gases which result in global warming. The other gases that trees take are carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide.
3. It helps to clean the environment by releasing oxygen and absorbing harmful gases.
Looking at today’s environmental condition and the role of trees there is again a need for a movement like the chipko movement.
Additional Information:
-Chipko movement in Karnataka known as the Appiko movement. Its main motive is afforestation and using the forest in an effective manner.
-The silent valley movement started by local people in Kerala to save the forest biodiversity.
-Jungle Bachao movement started in Jharkhand to protest against the 1982 government forest policy.

Note: Chipko movement was started by Sunderland Bahuguna in 1973. This movement also names women’s movements because mostly women participate in this movement.