Preface;
Acknowledgements;
INTRODUCTION: A MAN TO MATCH HIS MOUNTAINS Ramachandra Guha;
1. CHIPKO'S HOMELAND: A GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION;
Historical Background;
The Natural Environment;
Socio-Cultural Diversity;
2. TROUBLE IN THE FORESTS: COLONIAL LEGACIES;
3. RESISTANCE AND REPRESSION: FOREST STRUGGLES BEFORE CHIPKO;
Forests in the Tehri State: The Beginnings of the Dhandaks;
The Post-Colonial Landscape;
Forests in the New Regime;
A New Committee;
Before the Emergence of Chipko;
The Forest Question;
Nature's Warnings;
The Quickening of Protest;
The Rise of Student Activism;
4. THE FIRST SHOOTS OF CHIPKO;
Towards Direct Resistance;
From Mandal to Phata;
The Government-Society Dialogue;
Towards Reni;
A Day in the Life of Reni;
Conversations with the Government;
After Reni;
5. THE STRUGGLE SPREADS;
The Forest Movement in Uttarkashi;
Beginnings in Kumaon;
The Next Auction;
The Imposition of the Emergency;
6. CHIPKO UNITES UTTARAKHAND;
The Birth of the Uttarakhand Sangharsh Vahini;
Forest Auction in Nainital – Again;
28 November 1977;
The Resistance in Adwani;
Haldwani: The Next Stage of Repression;
7. THE MOVEMENT SPROUTS NEW BRANCHES;
Bhyundhaar: Tree Felling in the Valley of Flowers;
Chanchridhaar: Dunagiri Dwar and the Gagas Catchment;
A Reni Anniversary;
Nature's Warnings;
Notes of Rebellion in Badiyaargarh;
From Almora to Rangodi-Dhyadi;
From Almora to Janoti-Paaldi;
Chipko: Many Expressions;
Doongri-Paintoli: Women vs Men and the Baanj vs the Potato ;
8. THE THREE STREAMS OF CHIPKO:
Three Extraordinary Decisions;
Commendation, Honour, and Doubt;
The Anti-Tehri Dam Movement;
Economy vs Ecology? A Spurious Debate;
Together but Not United;
9. THE STRUCTURE OF A SOCIAL MOVEMENT:
LEADERSHIP, ORGANISATION, AND PARTICIPATION;
Leadership: Multi-Region and Multi-Personality;
Organisation and Participation;
Profiles of Some Chipko Activists and Leaders;
10. THE LIVING LIGHT OF CHIPKO;
DGSM Camps and Campaigns;
The Beej Bachao Andolan;
Maiti Andolan;
Dalyon ka Dagadya and the Paani Rakho Andolan;
Chheeno Jhapto and Mountain Shepherd;
Nainital Samachar and Aniket;
Pahar;
HARC;
Chetna Andolan;
Anti-Mining and Baanj Abhiyan of the Lakshmi Ashram;
Nadi Bachao Andolan;
Raksha Sutra Andolan;
Van Panchayat Sangharsh Morcha;
Conclusion;
Bibliography;
Index.