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==Participants== [[File:Chipko 2004.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Participants of the first all-woman Chipko action at Reni village in 1974, reassembled thirty years later]] One of Chipko's most salient features was the mass participation of female villagers.<ref>Mishra, A., & Tripathi, (1978). '''Chipko''' movement: Uttaranchal women's bid to save forest wealth. New Delhi: People's Action/Gandhi Book House.</ref> As the backbone of Uttarakhand's Agrarian economy, women were most directly affected by [[environmental degradation]] and [[deforestation]], and thus related to the issues most easily. How much this participation impacted or derived from the ideology of Chipko has been fiercely debated in academic circles.<ref>Aryal, M. (1994, January/February). Axing Chipko. Himal, 8β23.</ref> Despite this, both female and male activists did play pivotal roles in the movement including Gaura Devi, Sudesha Devi, Bachni Devi, [[Chandi Prasad Bhatt]], [[Sundarlal Bahuguna]], Govind Singh Rawat, Dhoom Singh Negi, Shamsher Singh Bisht and Ghanasyam Raturi, the Chipko poet, whose songs are still popular in the Himalayan region.<ref name=iisd>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030516135608/http://www.iisd.org/50comm/commdb/desc/d07.htm Chipko Movement β India] [[International Institute for Sustainable Development]] (IISD). December 2007.</ref> Chandi Prasad Bhatt was awarded the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] in 1982,<ref>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationBhattCha.htm Citation for the 1982 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401090233/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationBhattCha.htm |date=1 April 2013 }} [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] website.</ref> and [[Sunderlal Bahuguna]] was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2009.
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