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Environmental Issues
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Chipko movement was launched for the protection of 

  • grasslands

  • forests

  • livestock

  • Wet lands

Answer

B.

forests

In 1973, the chipko Movement (chip koa means to hug or stick to ) was launched by Chandi Prashad Bhatt and Sunder Lal Bahuguna against large-scale felling of trees by timber contractors in the Uttarakhand hills. The starting point was Chamoli district of Garhwal region in Uttarakhand.

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Coin one word for the following statements :
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Coin one word for the following statements :
Cleaning of vast areas covered by forests.