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Right Livelihood Foundation — Sunderlal Bahuguna & the Chipko Movement
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Sunderlal Bahuguna (1927–2021) led the Chipko Movement, where Himalayan villagers hugged trees to stop them being felled. (Right Livelihood Foundation)
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His appeal to PM Indira Gandhi led to a 15-year ban on green-felling in the Himalayan region in 1980. (Free Press Journal)
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Bahuguna later walked nearly 5,000 kilometres across the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Kohima, to spread the Chipko message. (Right Livelihood Foundation)
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He coined ‘Ecology is permanent economy’ — a slogan that still anchors Himalayan conservation debates today. (Historical record)
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Sunderlal Bahuguna & the Chipko Movement, 15 November
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