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Chipko Movement and Eco-Feminism by Koushik is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Women play a major role in managing natural resources through tasks like agriculture, animal husbandry, and household management. As primary users of the environment, women suffer most from environmental degradation. Several environmental movements led by women arose to protest threats like deforestation, pollution, and destruction of lands and livelihoods. Notable among these was the Chipko movement in India in 1974, where women hugged trees to prevent logging and protect their forest-dependent livelihoods
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- Koushik
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- EN