Describe various movements against deforestation in India.

Various movements have been started against deforestation in different parts of the country. Some the of these movements are as follows:
(l) Chipko Movement: It was started in the Himalayan region by Sunder Lal Bahuguna and successfully resisted deforestation. It has shown that community can play an important role in afforestation with indigenous species. Attempts are now being made to revive the traditional conservation methods or to develop new methods of ecological farming.
(ii) Beej Bachao Andolan in Tehri and Navdanya have shown that adequate levels of diversified crop production without the use of synthetic chemicals are possible and economically viable.