Correct option is D
- Vidyavati Dobhal is not related to 'Chipko Movement.
- Chipko movement
- Chipko movement was the uprising against the felling of trees and maintaining the ecological balance, in Uttar Pradesh’sChamoli district(now Uttarakhand) in 1973.
- The name‘chipko’ comes from the word’embrace’, as the villagers hugged the trees and encircled them to prevent being hacked.
- It was a silent, non-violent protest condemning ecological destruction.
- Sundarlal Bahuguna,a famous Gandhian, is said to have initiated this movement to guard the trees on the Himalayan slopes.
- Bahuguna is also known for coining the Chipko slogan‘ecology is the permanent economy.
- Both male and female activists from Uttarakhand played vital roles, includingGaura Devi, Suraksha Devi, Sudesha Devi, Bachni Devi, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Virushka Devi,and others.
- The movement’s biggest triumph was making people aware of their rights to forests, and how grassroots activism can influence policy-making regarding ecology and shared natural resources.