Bahuguna dismisses river grid idea
Renowned environmentalist and Chipko Movement leader Sunderlal Bahuguna today termed as "political stunt' the idea of interlinking the main rivers of the country into a river grid. Mr Bahuguna said
Renowned environmentalist and Chipko Movement leader Sunderlal Bahuguna today termed as "political stunt' the idea of interlinking the main rivers of the country into a river grid. Mr Bahuguna said
CHIPKO was the culmination of a century of popular resistance to commercial forestry in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. And its timing was right. Unlike past movements, Chipko's underlying message was
The veteran environmentalist and Chipko movement leader, Sunderlal Bahuguna, is a deeply worried man these days. The dawn of June 15 will drown not just his ancestral home but also the struggle he
The "Chipko" leader, Mr Sunderlal Bahuguna, has urged Members of parliament to persuade the Uttaranchal Government to postpone the eviction of residents of Old Tehri town and adjoining areas which
Mythila painting is an innovative media that contain powerful messages of conservation
"The State Government will soon take a decision to acquire forest and other surplus land to rehabilitate the remaining Tehri Dam ousts and 1 hope that the Chipko leader Mr. Sunderlal Bahuguna will
Work at the Tehri Dam Project remained at a stand-still for the fifth day today with the Chipko leader, Mr. Sunderlal Bahuguna, camping at Maldeo village and his supporters blocking the road to stop
Bahuguna: The devastating quake in Gujarat should act as a warning to the Government and all work at Tehri Dam site should be stopped immediately, environmentalist and Chipko movement leader
Apouch of organic brown rice or arhar dal, or anything organically grown is enough to remind us of Vandana Shiva-scholar and relentless campaigner of eco rights, who has made the term 'organic' part of uppity fashion. Her 'Navdanya' label of organic grains, grown in her Dehradun farm of the same name, has become a brand.
<p>The traditional Indian strategy of resolving conflict by non-cooperation, the satyagraha, has been revived in the Chipko, or "Embrace the Tree", the movement to protect trees from commercial
There has been no damage reported from the Tehri Dam Project. Sources close to the Chipko leader, Mr. Sunder Lal Bahuguna, who has been unsuccessfully opposing the construction of the Tehri Dam, said
The high-level committee constituted by the then Prime Minister, Mr. H.D. Deve Gowda, at the behest of the "Chipko"leader, Mr. Sunder Lal Bahuguna, while giving a green signal to the Tehri Dam
In 20 years, Chipko has acquired many facets, primarily as a conservation endeavour by the poor, a struggle for local control of natural resources and an effort by women to protect their environment. Chipko influenced the world, but have its local object
Jardhargaon village, Tehri Garhwal district. Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh. The village comprising 3,000-odd people indulged in indiscriminate felling till the 1970s. That was when the Chipko movement
Jardhargaon village, Tehri Garhwal district. Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh. The village comprising 3,000-odd people indulged in indiscriminate felling till the 1970s. That was when the Chipko
The Uttarakhand Jan Jagriti Sansthan, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working in Tehri, Uttaranchal, has filed a public interest litigation petition in the Supreme Court to save 90,000 trees.
Dhenkanal is one of the pioneers in community forest movement of Orissa. In 1937, this erstwhile princely state saw a prajameli (people's revolution) for complete rights over forest resources and
India, the birth place of Chipko activism, boasts the world's largest environmental movement. The Chipko movement of the Uttarakhand Himalaya is one of the frequently cited and much publicised
Around three years ago, I got an opportunity to meet Chandi Prasad Bhat. He was lecturing on how poor villagers in Uttaranchal hugged trees and prevented them from being cut down. The lecture on
THE BRITISH blamed the improvidence of the Indian peasantry for the destruction of India's forest wealth. Even with Independence, the bureaucracy continued to toe this line and with such effect