Siddharth Upmanyu

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Atomic Energy Central School-4
INTRODUCTION
 Natural Resources are most valuable asset for mankind
and need to be preserved for the future generation.
 Saving our environment is the most important
responsibility of our community.
 We can adopt some simple ways in preserving our
environment and natural resources.
 In history also many movements took place for the
very purpose.
 Those movements inspire us in this regard.
Historical Efforts
 Historically many movements initiated for preserving
environment and natural resources e.g:
 Chipko Aandolan
 Appiko Movement
 Silent Valley Movement
 Jungle Bachao Aandolan
 Narmada Bachao Aandolan
 Beej Bachao Aandolan
 Chipko Movement
 The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan,
was a forest conservation movement in India.
 It began in 1970s in Uttarakhand, then a part
of Uttar Pradesh and went on to become a
rallying point for many future environmental
movements all over the world.
 Chipko-type movements date back to 1730
when in village Prasanna Khamkar of
Rajasthan, 363 persons sacrificed their lives
to save Khejri trees.
 The Chipko movement became a benchmark
for socio-ecological movements in other
forest areas of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan
and Bihar.
 Appiko movement
 In September 1983, Appiko
movement in Karnataka started
where tree felling in the Western
Ghats and Vindhyas was stopped.

 The Appiko Movement tried to save

the Western Ghats by spreading its
roots all over southern India.

 The Appiko Movement is

struggling to save the remaining
tropical forests in the Western
Ghats
Save Silent Valley Movement
 It started in year 1978 in Silent
Valley, an evergreen tropical
forest in the Palakkad district
of Kerala, India.
 The Kerala Sastra Sahitya
Parishad (KSSP) an NGO, and
the poet-activist
Sughathakumari played an
important role in the Silent
Valley protests.
 In order to protect the Silent
Valley, the moist evergreen
forest from being destroyed by
a hydroelectric project.
Jungle Bachao Aandolan
 Started in year: 1982 in Singhbhum district of
Bihar

 The tribals of Singhbhum took active part in it.

 It was against governments decision to replace

the natural sal forest with Teak.
Narmada Bachao Aandolan (NBA)
 Started in year 1985 for
Narmada River, which flows
through the states of Gujarat,
Madhya Pradesh and
Maharashtra.
 Medha Patker, Baba Amte,
adivasis, farmers,
environmentalists and human
rights activists were the active
participants.
 It was a social movement
against a number of large
dams being built across
the Narmada River.
 Beej Bachao Aandolan
 In the late 1980s, the movement was
initiated by the group of activists of
Hemwal Valley of Tehri and led by a
farmer and social activist Vijay Jardhari.
 ‘Beej Bachao Andolan’ (Save the Seeds
Movement) was started from
Jardhargaon of Tehri district,
Uttarakhand.
 Because of the adverse effects of Green
revolution, many indigenous practises
and seeds have been lost.
 Earlier there were more than 3000
varieties of rice in Uttrakhand before
Green Revolution, now there are only
320.
How can we contribute for environment
Some of the simple ways, by adopting those we can
give our little contribution:
 Use Reusable Bags
 Print as Little as Necessary
 Use a Reusable Beverage Containers
 Don’t Throw Your Notes Away
 Save Electricity
 Save Water
 Save fuel
Thank You very much