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What is “Appiko Movement”?

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Started on the pattern of “Chipko Movement” this movement was started in Karnataka to save trees. Appiko means ‘to hug’. On 8 September, 1983, 160 men, women and children hugged the trees (to save them) in Salkani forest in Sirsi and forced the woodcutters to leave.

Some More Questions From Environment And Sustainable Development Chapter

Explain “Chipko Movement”.

What is “Appiko Movement”?

The “carrying capacity” of the environment is like a “plimsoll line” of the ship. Explain.

Make a list of items that can be recycled.

Define “Dual Pricing”.

What are renewable resources?

What are non-renewable resources?

What does the carrying capacity imply?

When does the environment fail to perform its third and vital function of life sustenance?

What does absorptive capacity mean?

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