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GECVC India . Environmental Move no e n t s
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2 Definition An environmental movement can be defined as a social or political movement, for the conservation of environment or for the Of the state Of the The 'green or ' conservation are alternatively Environmental movements favour the sustainable management of natural resources. The movements often stress the protection of the environment via changes in public policy Many movements are centred on ecology, health and human rights. Environmental movements range from the highly organized and formally institutionalized ones to the radically informal activities The spatial scope of various environmental movements ranges from being local to national to global.
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3 Types Of Forest Based Land Degradation Based Water Issues and Dams Pollution Issues - Bhopal gas tragedy
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4 India : Sites of Major Struggles
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6 Bishnoi Movement Year: 1 700s; Place: Khejarli, Marwar region, Rajasthan state. Amrita Devi, a female villager COUId not bear to witness the destruction of both her faith and the village's sacred trees. She hugged the trees and encouraged others to do the same 363 Bishnoi villagers were killed in this movement. The Bishnoi tree martyrs were influenced by the teachings of GCJrCJ Maharaj Jambaji, who founded the Bishnoi faith in 1485 and set forth principles forbidding harm to trees and animals The king who came to know about these events rushed to the village and apologized, ordering the soldiers to cease logging operations. Soon afterward, the maharajah designated the Bishnoi state as a protected area, forbidding harm to trees and animals This legislation still exists today in the region
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Bishnoi Movement
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Chipko Movement Year: 1973; Place: In Chamoli district and later at Tehri-GarhwaI district of Uttarakhand. Leaders: Gaura Devil Sudesha Devi, Bachni Devi, Sunderlal Bahuguna, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Govind Singh Rawat, Dhoom Singh Negi, Shamsher Singh Bisht and Ghanasyam Raturi.
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CHIPKO MOVEMENT Chi pi
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9 Chipko The women of Advani village of Tehri-GarhwaI tied the sacred thread around trunks of trees and they hugged the trees, hence it was called 'Chipko Movement' or the tree Main demand of the people in these protests was that the benefits of the forests (especially the right to fodder) should go to local people The Chipko movement gathered momentum in 1978 when the women faced police firings and other tortures This became a turning point in the history of eco- development struggles in the region and around the world
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Chipko Protests
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What Chipko did success ot movement The rnaverr'uertl hag spread la many slates in [he It stopped felling of trees in the Vilestern Chats Viruh'jas. Generated pressure for formulation oi e rescurce galicy Achieved a major victory 1980 with a •15-yeat har on felling in the Himalayan More than trecg -have saved Tram excavation, Started protecting forest slopes and Restoring hare cnes,
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Silent Valley Year: 1 978; Place: Silent Valley, an evergreen tropical forest in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India. The Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) an NGO
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Silent Valley The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) proposed a hydroelectric dam across the Kunthipuzha River that runs through Silent Valley In February 1973, the Planning Commission approved the project Many feared that the project WOUId submerge 8.3 sq km of U n t OUChed moist evergreen forest Several NGOs led by KSSP, strongly opposed the project and urged the government to abandon it In January 1 981, bowing to unrelenting public pressure, Indira Gandhi declared that Silent Valley will be protected In 1985, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi formally inaugurated the Silent Valley National Park
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Appiko Year: 1983; Place: Uttara Kannada and Shimoga districts of Karnataka State Appiko's greatest strengths lie in it being neither driven by a personality nor having been formally institutionalised. However, it does have a facilitator in Pandurang Hegde. He helped launch the movement in 1983. Popularly referred to as Chipko of south
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Appiko The Appiko Movement was locally known as "Appiko Chaluvali" The locals the trees to be felled by contractors of the forest department Appiko movement used various techniques to raise awareness such as foot marches in the interior forest, slide shows, folk dances, street plays etc The second area of the movement's work was to promote afforestation on denuded lands The movement later fOCUSed on the rational use of ecosphere through introducing alternative energy resources to reduce pressure on the forest
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Appiko Protests
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Narmada Bachao Andolan Year: 1985, Place: Narmada River, which flows through the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Medha Patker, Baba Amte, adivasis, farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists India's oldest environment struggle
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Narmada River GUJARAT INDIA MADHYA PRADESH Japalbur armada Bhopal Indore Narmada Bargi Saga Maheshwar Baroda Tawa Omkareshwar Amarkantak Badwan Sardar Sarovar Surat GULF GUJARAT CA.MBAY MAHARASHTRA Source: International Rivers Network OEureka Cartography, Berkeley, CA 0 MADHYA PRADESH 100 miles 150 km
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19 NBA The movement first started as a protest for not providing proper rehabilitation and resettlement for the people have been displaced by the construction of Sardar Sarovar Dam Later on, the movement turned its focus on the preservation of the environment and the eco- systems of the valley Activists also demanded the height of the dam to be reduced to 88 m from the proposed height of 130m World Bank withdrew from the project
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NBA The project is now largely financed by the state governments and market borrowings. The project is expected to be fully completed by 2025. Although not successful, as the dam could not be prevented, the NBA has created an anti-big dam opinion in India and outside It questioned the paradigm of development. As a democratic movement, it followed Gandhian principles
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NBA Struggle
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Tehri Dam Struggle Year: 1990's, Place: Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand. Tehri dam attracted national attention in the 1980s and the 1990s The major objections include, seismic sensitivity of the region, submergence of forest areas along with Tehri town etc. Despite the support from other prominent leaders like Sunderlal Bahuguna, the movement has failed to gather enough popular support at national as well as international levels
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Localised Movements Ralegaon Siddhi Tarun Bharat Sangh Pani Panchayat Deccan Development Society
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Strategies Of Rural to Urban Local to Global Use of Technology Role of State Role of Media Role of Judiciary Environmental Rights
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