Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Chandi Prasad Bhatt (चंडी प्रसाद भट्ट) (born 1934) is an Indian Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a mother-organization to the Chipko Movement, in which he was one of the pioneers, and for which he has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1982, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2005. Today he is known for his work on subaltern social ecology, and considered one of India's first modern environmentalist. Gandhi Peace Prizeof 2013 is given to Chandi Prasad Bhatt.
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- http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php
- http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php
- http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/forestry/chipko.htm
- http://nandadevi.prayaga.org/chipko.html
- http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2002/06/02/stories/2002060200010100.htm
- http://www.markshep.com/nonviolence/GT_Chipko.html
- http://www.nbtindia.gov.in/books_detail__6__general-titles__787__parvat-parvat-basti-basti-ek-samajik-karyakarta-ki-chuninda-yatrayain.nbt
- http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationBhattCha.htm
- http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Response/ResponseBhattCha.htm