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ERIC Number: EJ480103
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-9281
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: Deforestation; Environmental Awareness; Environmental Protection; India; Reforestation