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"Chipko movement" was launched for the protection of :

A

grasslands

B

forests

C

livestock

D

wet lands

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In 1973, the Chipko Movement (Chipko means to hug or stick to the truck of the tree) was launched by Chandi Prashad Bhatt and Sunder Lal Bahuguna against large scale falling of trees by timber point was Chamboli district of Garhwal region in Uttrakhand.
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