Updated: February 21, 2021 08:02 IST Remembering the people who contributed to the extraordinary Chipko movement and why the battle to protect forests and mountains is far from over Share Article AAA Remembering the people who contributed to the extraordinary Chipko movement and why the battle to protect forests and mountains is far from over As we watched with shock the videos from Uttarakhand, of a flooding river rushing down the mountains in a wave of fury and destruction, it seemed obvious that an ecological balance is urgently needed to face the challenge of climate change in our century. However, this was not so evident in the early 1970s. That was when the Chipko movement was born.