Which of the following, like the Chipko Movement, aims to protect forests in the Uttara Kannada district?

The correct answer is Appiko Movement.

Important Points

• The Chipko movement was a peaceful social and environmental movement led by rural villagers, mainly women ​In India in the 1970s.
  • The initiative intended to protect trees and forests that were planned for logging by the government.
  • In 1973, the movement began in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand (then a part of Uttar Pradesh) and swiftly spread across India's Himalayas.
  • Chipko is a Hindi word that means "to hug" or "to cling to," and it refers to the demonstrators' principal method of clutching trees in order to obstruct loggers.
  • Sunderlal Bahuguna, a Gandhian activist, was instrumental in steering the movement in the right direction.
  • The Right Livelihood Award was given to the Chipko movement in 1987 "for its dedication to the conservation, rehabilitation, and environmentally sound use of India's natural resources."
• The famous Chipko Movement inspired the villagers of the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka Province in southern India to launch a similar movement to save their forests.

Key Points

• Appiko Movement is an environment protection movement like the Chipko Movement, aims to protect forests in the Uttara Kannada district.
  • The Salkani men, women, and children "hugged the trees" at Kalase forest in September 1983.
  • In Kannada, "hugging" is referred to as Appiko.
  • Appiko Andolan sparked a fresh wave of awareness across southern India.
  • Panduranga Hegde, an environmentalist from Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district, is credited with founding the Appiko campaign to protect trees in the Western Ghats.
  • In the field of environmental protection, Panduranga Hegde is influenced by Sundarlal Bahuguna and Amrita Devi Bishnoi and is considered a disciple of the latter.
• The Al Baydha Project, based on permacultural and hydrological design concepts, is a land restoration, poverty reduction, and heritage preservation programme in rural western Saudi Arabia.