Chipko movement was launched for the protection of forests. The Chipko movement refers to the unique form of protest adopted by the rural people in the Himalayan region of India in the 1970s and 80s, against the indiscriminate logging and felling of trees that spelt the destruction of their environment. The first Chipko action occurred in April 1973. Over the next five years,the movement spread to several hill districts in Uttar Pradesh. In 1980, Chipko activists won a fifteen-year ban on green felling in the Himalayan forests.