ecology movement

Deposition of many agricultural chemicals in the underground layers of soil has disturbed the normal activities of soil including weathering and leaching. Water movement is badly affected in some soils, while in many irrigated soils, water table is built up to set in great change in chemi..

. Builds ecological awareness impacting both the communities involved:urban tourists and local community. Provides financial benefit for conservation Directly benefits locals and helps improve quality of life and develop local area Respects local culture and is less culturally intrusive S..

. Traditional methods of surveillance and policing had led to a 'complete alienation of the people from the administration', resulting in frequent clashes between forest officials and villagers. Forest and land related conflicts in the region were also a major factor in fuelling the militant peasan..

. Sunderlal Bahuguna and Pandey in the Uttrakhand Himalayas started the 'Chipko' movement for protecting trees in a typical conflict between commercial wood contractors who were cutting fully grown trees and villagers who would harvest them by only lopping some branches so that they would..