Environmental Conservation through the People's Movements in India.

Asopa, Sheel K.

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ERIC Number: EJ480103

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Publication Date: 1993

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Environmental Conservation through the People's Movements in India.

Asopa, Sheel K.

International Journal of Environmental Education and Information, v12 n4 p297-306 Oct-Dec 1993

Describes three popular environmental campaigns against deforestation in India. Discusses the folk dimension, mass mobilization, and geographic extent of the Chipko Movement; the movement against a government program to plant eucalyptus trees; and the movement to save villages in government-labeled "wastelands." (MDH)

Descriptors: Community Action, Community Education, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Forestry, Land Use, Natural Resources

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: India

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