Question

Select the INCORRECT option with reference to the Chipko Andolan?

• A. It involved the community in forest conservation efforts
• B. It forced the government to rethink their priorities in the use of forest produce
• C. It was a violent movement to save the trees
• D. People realised that forests are needed to maintain the quality of soil

Answer 1

Answer:

C. It was a violent movement to save the trees

• The Chipko Andolan was a non-violent movement where people hugged trees toprotect them from being cut down.

• The Chipko movement ('hugging movement') is a forest conservation movement in India.

• Opposed to commercial logging and the government's policies on deforestation, protesters in the 1970s engaged in tree hugging, wrapping their arms around trees so that they could not be felled.