The modern Chipko movement emerged in the Garhwal Himalayas in 1973 through forest-rights protests associated with Chandi Prasad Bhatt and local villagers. The movement gained iconic status after Gaura Devi and women of Reni village protected trees from felling in 1974.
Later anniversary photograph of movement participants, not a 1973 protest image. · Credit: Transferred from en.wikipedia / nandadevi.org · License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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