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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Forestry in Burma, Forestry in China, Forestry in India, Forestry in Indonesia, Forestry in Japan, Forestry in Pakistan, Forestry in Russia, Forestry in South Korea, Forestry in Turkey, Chipko movement, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Douglas Hamilton, Deforestation in Indonesia, Dietrich Brandis, Green Wall of China, Hugh Cleghorn, Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan, Social forestry in India, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Foresters' Corps, Indian Forest Service, Mahout, Forestry in Bhutan, Indian Forest Act, 1927, Plantation Teak, Forestry service, Forestry in Laos, Forest Research Institute, Svedjebruk, Reserved forests and protected forests of India, University of Forestry, Yezin, Environmental policy of the Government of India, Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Foresters' Association of Turkey, Forestry in Bangladesh, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Forest range, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Forest division, Forest produce, Forest circle, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Korea Forest Service, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation, Conservator of Forests, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Forest range officer, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Bulolo Forestry College. Excerpt: The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan (literally "to stick" in Hindi) is a social-ecological movement that practised the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from falling. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, with growing awareness towards rapid deforestation. The landmark event in this struggle took place on March 26, 1974, when a group of peasant women in Reni village, Hemwalghati, in Chamoli district, U...