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Deforestation has made animals homeless. It has led to natural calamities

like landslides and floods. It has made the survival of tribal people very
difficult. It affects the climate adversely.
How can We Protect Our Forests?

Our government has set up many National
Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in almost
Deforestation results in global
every part of our country to protect the
warming.
trees from being cut down. It has also
launched many programmes, like Social

Forestry Movements and Vanamahotsava
to plant more trees.

Vanamahotsava is a one week long festival
that is organised every year in the month of
July across India. It was initiated by KM

Munshi in 1950.
Chipko Movement
Vanamahotsava
In 1973, villages in the Alaknanda Valley in
Uttarakhand protested against the cutting
down of trees.

The women hugged the trees and refused
to let go till the tree-cutters left the place.

This activity became popular as the Chipko
Movement. Sunderlal Bahuguna has been
the leader of the Chipko Movement.
Women hugging a tree during
the Chipko Movement.

* A large area of land, thickly covered with trees, bushes, creepers and climbers
is called a forest.
* We get many things from the forest like wood, lac, gum, fodder, fruits and

medicines.
* Many Indian tribes depend on forests for their livelihood.
* The cutting down of trees on a large scale is called deforestation.

* We all need to make efforts to protect our forests.

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