Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Pioneer of Chipko movement and founder of Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal (DGSM), Gopeshwar in Chamoli of Uttarakhand. He believes that every village should have a forest of its own
Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Pioneer of Chipko movement and founder of Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal (DGSM), Gopeshwar in Chamoli of Uttarakhand. He believes that every village should have a forest of its own
Ash tress stand tall in the forest next to Mandal village. Residents of the village staged the first Chipko movement in 1973 to save trees that Allahabad-based Symonds Co wanted to fell to make sports goods
Ash tress stand tall in the forest next to Mandal village. Residents of the village staged the first Chipko movement in 1973 to save trees that Allahabad-based Symonds Co wanted to fell to make sports goods
Ash tress stand tall in the forest next to Mandal village. Residents of the village staged the first Chipko movement in 1973 to save trees that Allahabad-based Symonds Co wanted to fell to make sports goods
Ash tress stand tall in the forest next to Mandal village. Residents of the village staged the first Chipko movement in 1973 to save trees that Allahabad-based Symonds Co wanted to fell to make sports goods
Ash tress stand tall in the forest next to Mandal village. Residents of the village staged the first Chipko movement in 1973 to save trees that Allahabad-based Symonds Co wanted to fell to make sports goods
Ash tress stand tall in the forest next to Mandal village. Residents of the village staged the first Chipko movement in 1973 to save trees that Allahabad-based Symonds Co wanted to fell to make sports goods
Ash tress stand tall in the forest next to Mandal village. Residents of the village staged the first Chipko movement in 1973 to save trees that Allahabad-based Symonds Co wanted to fell to make sports goods
Cheta Devi from the Mandal valley in Chamoli district. Earlier, she would leave home at four in the morning to collect fodder from the steep mountainsides and return by noon. These days she collects fodder from the forest people have grown next to the village and harvests nutrient-rich napier grass planted along her farm
Cheta Devi from the Mandal valley in Chamoli district. Earlier, she would leave home at four in the morning to collect fodder from the steep mountainsides and return by noon. These days she collects fodder from the forest people have grown next to the village and harvests nutrient-rich napier grass planted along her farm
Cheta Devi from the Mandal valley in Chamoli district. Earlier, she would leave home at four in the morning to collect fodder from the steep mountainsides and return by noon. These days she collects fodder from the forest people have grown next to the village and harvests nutrient-rich napier grass planted along her farm
Cheta Devi from the Mandal valley in Chamoli district. Earlier, she would leave home at four in the morning to collect fodder from the steep mountainsides and return by noon. These days she collects fodder from the forest people have grown next to the village and harvests nutrient-rich napier grass planted along her farm
Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict. For three years now, the tanks built around the springs have had sufficient water even in the lean season
Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict. For three years now, the tanks built around the springs have had sufficient water even in the lean season