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Chandi Prasad Bhatt

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1982 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership from India. Chandi Prasad Bhatt organized the Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal (Society for Village Self-Rule), which offered jobs in Indian village and small-scale forest-based industries. In 1973, he developed a peaceful and personal way to prevent the destructive felling of trees. Chipko Andolan (Hug The Tree Movement) had DGSM members and village women wrap their arms around forest trees, shielding them from woodcutters’ saws. Since then, the movement has spared India’s forests from further denudation, organized informative eco-conservation camps for scientists and students, launched reforestation projects and seedling nurseries, and successfully negotiated with the government to increase the number of protected forest areas. C.P. Bhatt continues to educate communities through his popular multi-sectoral eco-development camps, and serves as a senior adviser to government planning and policy-making bodies.

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Citation of Chandi Prasad Bhatt

In electing CHANDI PRASAD BHATT to receive the 1982 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, the board of trustees recognizes his inspiration and guidance of Chipko Andolan, a unique, predominantly women's environmental movement, to safeguard…

Chandi Prasad Bhatt's acceptance speech at the 1982 Ramon Magsaysay Award Presentation Ceremony held in Manila on 31 August 1982.

Official Biography of Chandi Prasad Bhatt in relation to his Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1982.

Group discussion entitled "Protecting the Wise Use of Forests" led by Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership in 1982.

An article written by Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership in 1982. The paper discusses the development of Chipko Andolan and the motivation for its work.

Article entitled "Chipko: North India's Tree Huggers" written by Mark Shepard highlighting C. P. Bhatt's Chipko Andolan Movement.

Excerpts of an article entitled "Saving the Trees, Saving Ourselves" written by David Alexander published on International Wildlife in January 1984.

Excerpts of an article entitled "Role of Women in the Chipko Movement." The article was adopted from Sundar Lal Bahuguna's article "Chipko" which was originally published in Voluntary Action in June 1978.

Cover of "The Calamity-Prone Central Himalayas" published by C.P. Bhatt's Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal. Subsequent photos highlight the efforts of the Chipko Andolan movement.

Cover of "The Future of Large Projects in the Himalaya: Overcoming Incomplete Knowledge and Unsound Beliefs" written by Chandi Prasad Bhatt published by the People's Association for Himalaya Area Research (PAHAR) in 1997. Subsequently followed by…