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In 1973, women in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district wrapped ...
2027-02-22
Sundarlal Bahuguna started the Chipko Movement
— hugging trees to save the Himalayas.
In 1973, women in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district wrapped themselves around trees to stop commercial loggers. The world's first environmental protest movement. It worked. The trees were saved.
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