Appiko Movement : Year: 1983 Place: Uttara Kannada and Sh | Environment
Appiko Movement :
Year: 1983
Place: Uttara Kannada and Shimoga districts of Karnataka State
Leaders: Appiko’s greatest strengths lie in it being neither driven by a personality nor having been formally institutionalised. However, it does have a facilitator in Pandurang Hegde. He helped launch the movement in 1983.
Aim: Against the felling and commercialization of natural forest and the ruin of ancient livelihood.
Full Coverage Of Environment and Ecology for Prelims cum Mains. ◾ National Parks . ◾ Wild life Sanctuary. ◾UNESCO World Heritage Sites. ◾ Environmental Organization , Schemes Acts etc....
