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List - I | List - II | ||
(Personalities) | (Recognition) | ||
A. | Pandurang Hegde | I. | Goldman Environmental Prize |
B. | M. C. Mehta | II. | Bishnoi Movement |
C. | Marimuthu Yoganathan | III. | Appiko Movement |
D. | Amrita Devi | IV. | Eco-warrior |
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- Pandurang Hegde is associated with the Appiko Movement.
- Mahesh Chandra Mehta is a public interest attorney from India. He single-handedly won numerous landmark judgments from India’s Supreme Court since 1984, including introducing lead-free gasoline to India and reducing the industrial pollution fouling the Ganga and eroding the Taj Mahal.
He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996 for his continuous fights in Indian courts against pollution-causing industries.
- Marimuthu Yoginathan, popular as The Tree Man (born 1969), is an Indian environmental activist. He planted over 1 lakh 20 thousand trees in the last 28 years.
The Hon'ble Vice-President of India has awarded Yoganathan the “Eco Warrior” award,
- Amrita Devi was an Indian environmental and social activist who led the Bishnoi movement.
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- The Chipko Movement was a forest conservation movement in India where people hugged trees to protect them from being cut down.
- The Appiko Movement was a similar environmental movement in India that focused on conserving forests through non-violent means and sustainable harvesting of forest resources.
- The Bishnoi Movement is a religious and environmental movement founded in the 15th century by Guru Jambheshwar in Rajasthan, India.
Hence option 1 is the correct answer.
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