Over email, the academic-author-traveller talks about what he finds objectionable about the conversation around the Chipko Movement, the popularity of tree plantation drives, and the way forward for ...

Residents and wildlife conservationists in Uttarakhand have announced a ‘Chipko Movement’ to save 10,000 trees in Shivalik Elephant Reserve, one of the premier reserves for pachyderms in the country, ...

The Chipko Andolan lost its ground at home, but its legacy lies in people’s ecological movements that emerged elsewhere in the country Given my interest in people’s ecological movements, I was greatly ...

I first came across Shekhar Pathak’s name in the files of the Uttar Pradesh State Archives in Lucknow. The year was 1983, and I was working on a dissertation on the social history of forests in the ...

New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday took a potshot at Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he started ‘chipko andolan’ in ...

Chamba: Chipko movement had two distinct waves with different priorities, said Vijay Jardhari, adding that women participated more actively than men on the ground level and various movements that ...

Washington: ‘Harry Potter’ alum Emma Watson lauded Indian rural women for protecting trees and forests through 1970’s Chipko Andolan, the non-violent social and ecological movement. Taking to her ...

“We need a new Chipko movement to ensure clean air and pure water, which is only possible if we have abundant green cover. This mindless cutting of trees and increasing pollution is a serious issue.

Environmental activists in Pune are taking their fight against the Pune River Front Development (RFD) Project to the next level. After a massive turnout at the Save Vetal Tekadi protest, the activists ...

Nagpur: The sight of over 50 underprivileged kids holding on to the walls of a closed civic body school, as part of a ‘chipko andolan’, tells a grim tale of those left out of mainstream education. On ...

"Chipko movement leader Sundarlal Bahuguna died of COVID-19 at AIIMS, Rishikesh today," the AIIMS Rishikesh informed. The 94-year-old was admitted to the hospital after his oxygen levels started ...