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What they where fighting for
The people in India could not stand how many trees where being cut down and wanted it to stop. -
When the people of india started fighting for the environment
1700 -
Bishnoi Movement
The people saw the impact the people who chop down trees had so the people decided to use there body to block the axes -
Main lead for the Indian Environmental movements
Amrita Devi because she started to get the people to realize how important the trees where and to get the people to stop cutting them down. -
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Indian Environmental movements
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What they where fighting for
Chipko Movement the people hugged the trees in hopes of stoping them from being cut down -
Chipko Movement
a villager pointed out how important the trees where and started the hug the tree movement -
The outcome of the Chipko Movement
The hug a tree movement was the first time in 300 years people in India started to stand up for the trees again -
Main lead for the Indian Environmental movements
Mr. Bahuguna enlightened the villagers by conveying the importance of trees in the environment -
Save Silent Valley Movement
The state was about to build a hydro dam and if they did it would submerge a whole untouched forest so the people protested it. -
Main lead for the Indian Environmental movements
The Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad KSSP an NGO, and the poet activist Sughathakumari played an important role in the Silent Valley protests to get the big company to not destroy there land -
The outcome of the Save silent Valley movement
Save Silent Valley Movement stopped a whole untouched forest from being taken down.
