Environmental Movements: An Important Phenomenon. A Contemporary Aspect in India

Khan Zahid, Syed Subqat Nazir

Abstract: The environmental movement in the present time is the reaction of our negative action towards the ecosystem which we are simultaneously observing and doing. Just like we have social movements, somehow in the same parameters, we have environmental movements. Environmental movements all over India have grown significantly. There is much writing on the environment movements of the 20th century. In the paper, it is highlighted that why we need environmental movements and also discussed some important environmental movements in India. Reasons for the environmental movements also been highlighted in the paper A brief significance of the related phenomena of environmental movement has been also described.

Keywords: Environmental movements, Ecologism, Conservation, Natural resources