Sunderlal bahuguna biography chipko movement devi

Sunderlal Bahuguna, a noted environmentalist who initiated the Chipko Movement, was born on January 9, 1927.

The man who has been fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas celebrates his 90th birthday today. Bahuguna is also known for coining the Chipko slogan 'ecology is permanent economy'.

"Embrace the trees and Save them from being felled; The property of our hills, Save them from being looted."

On his 90th birthday today, let's know what the Chipko Movement or the forest conservation movement was:

• The Chipko movement had started in the early 18th century in Rajasthan.

  A local woman, Amrita Devi, risked her life along with 84 villagers to protect the forest trees from being cut on the order of the king

• The movement practiced the Gandhian method of Satyagraha

• It began, in the 20th century, in the hills where forests are the main source of livelihood