Environmental Movements of India: Chipko, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Navdanya

Krishna Mallick

doi:10.1017/9789048535095

Environmental Movements of India

Chipko, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Navdanya

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Krishna Mallick

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: November 2021
Print publication year:: 2021
Online ISBN:: 9789048535095
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048535095

Subjects:: Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology

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In her detailed retelling of three iconic movements in India, Professor Emerita Krishna Mallick, PhD, gives hope to grassroots activists working toward environmental justice. Each movement deals with a different crisis and affected population: Chipko, famed for tree-hugging women in the Himalayan forest; Narmada, for villagers displaced by a massive dam; and Navdanya, for hundreds of thousands of farmers whose livelihoods were lost to a compact made by the Indian government and neoliberal purveyors of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Relentlessly researched, the book presents these movements in a framework that explores Hindu Vedic wisdom, as well as Development Ethics, Global Environment Ethics, Feminist Care Ethics, and the Capability Approach.

At a moment when the climate threatens populations who live closest to nature - and depend upon its fodder for heat, its water for life, and its seeds for food - Mallick shows how nonviolent action can give poor people an effective voice.

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Environmental Movements of India

Chipko, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Navdanya

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Dedication
pp 5-6

Contents
pp 7-10

Acknowledgments
pp 11-12

Foreword
pp 13-14

Glossary
pp 15-16

Introduction: Three Grassroots Movements That Made a Global Impact
pp 17-22

1 - Historical and Cultural Contexts in India
pp 23-36

2 - Chipko (Hug the Trees) Movement
pp 37-58

3 - Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA): Save the Narmada
pp 59-82

4 - Navdanya (Nine Seeds) Movement
pp 83-114

5 - Moral Implications of Environmental Movements
pp 115-142

6 - Hindu Ethics and Ecology
pp 143-174

Conclusion: The Symbiosis of Natural Resources and Local Needs
pp 175-182

Index
pp 183-190

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