Q.Mention the names of two main persons associated with Silent Valley Movement and Chipko Movement.
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These were two landmark grassroots movements for forest and biodiversity conservation in India:
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Silent Valley Movement (Kerala): A campaign to save the Silent Valley tropical evergreen rainforest from a proposed hydroelectric dam. Its leading figure was the poet-activist Sugathakumari, supported by M.K. Prasad and the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP).
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Chipko Movement (Uttarakhand): A community movement in which villagers hugged trees to prevent them being felled. It is mainly associated with Sunderlal Bahuguna, along with Chandi Prasad Bhatt.
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