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'''Panduranga Hegde''' is an environmentalist from [[Uttara Kannada]] district, [[Karnataka]], [[India]] and is known as the person who started [[Appiko movement]] to protect trees in [[Western Ghats]].<br />
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==Birth and early life==<br />
Panduranga Hegde was born in 1956 in Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka and studied bachelor's degree at [[Karnatak University]]. He worked as Chartered Accountant at Delhi and later trained himself in Social work at [[Delhi School of Social Work]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Environmental Biology|title=Environmental Biology|publisher=Rastogi Publications|isbn=9788171337491|pages=220–221}}</ref> and spent four years in [[Madhya Pradesh]] among rural people with [[Damoh]], a non government organisation. He was attracted by [[Chipko movement]] led by [[Sundarlal Bahuguna]] and got involved with protection of forests and environment.<ref name="ashoka">{{cite web |title=Pandurang Hegde |url=http://india.ashoka.org/fellow/pandurang-hegde |publisher=Ashoka India |access-date=7 October 2012 }}</ref><br />
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==Appiko movement==<br />
Panduranga Hegde is inspired by [[Sundarlal Bahuguna]] in the area of environmental protection and is known as ''disciple'' of the latter.<ref name=outlook>{{cite news | last =Srinivasaraju | first =Sugatha | title =Once there was a river | newspaper =Outlook India | date =14 February 2005 | url = http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?226478|access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref> During the 1980s,<ref name=forest>{{cite news | last =S | first =Rajendran | title =Marginal rise in Karnataka Forest Cover a Refreshng Change | newspaper =The Hindu | date =7 May 2012 | url =http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3391052.ece?css=print |access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref> Panduraga Hegde led people to protect trees in forest by embracing the trees or ''appiko'' (as in local language [[Kannada]]) when the contractors tried to fell trees. He was a great nature lover.<br />
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==Later activities==<br />
*Involved in creating people awareness against the dangers of radiation near [[Kaiga]] nuclear plant established in Karnataka.<ref name=outlook/><br />
*Filed a case in [[Supreme court|Supreme Court]] of India against felling of trees in Western Ghats for construction of railway line.<ref name=hindu1>{{cite news | last =Correspondent | title =Haveri-Sirsi line to be opposed only if it is harmful to environment | newspaper =The Hindu | date =5 May 2012 | url =http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3386527.ece |access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref><br />
*He has been opposing high rise dams constructed for hydroelectrical production, in view of environmental damage.<ref name=times1>{{cite news | last =TOI| first =Mobile | title =Forests cannot hold out | newspaper =The Times of India | url =http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=6&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOIBG&mydateHid=08-12-2009&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar00600&publabel=TOI |access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref><br />
*Panduranga Hegde is recording the biodiversity of Western Ghats for past several years.<ref name=times1/><br />
*He is actively involved in ''Save Western Ghats'' campaign.<ref>{{cite news | last =Nandi | first =Jayashree| title =Warming taking toll on Western Ghats | date =8 December 2012 | url =http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-08/india/28113110_1_western-ghats-climate-change-tropical-forests | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130103071847/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-08/india/28113110_1_western-ghats-climate-change-tropical-forests | url-status =dead | archive-date =3 January 2013 | newspaper =[[The Times of India]] |access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref><br />
*The traditional knowledge of tribes like [[Siddis]] are studied and propagated by Panduranga Hegde for conservation of environment.<ref name=siddi>{{cite news | last =Nandi | first =Jayashree | title =Siddis to the rescue of trees | date =18 May 2009 | url =http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-18/hubli/28158351_1_rain-forests-siddis-species | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130103083557/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-18/hubli/28158351_1_rain-forests-siddis-species | url-status =dead | archive-date =3 January 2013 | newspaper =[[The Times of India]] |access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref><br />
*He was instrumental in releasing '''Western Ghats Manifesto''' before 15th Loksabha election, so as to commit the candidates competing for election towards ''holistic policies to conserve the Western Ghats''.<ref>{{cite news | title =Green manifesto movement | date =5 April 2009 | url =http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-05/bangalore/28040589_1_candidates-activists-political-parties | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130103115400/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-05/bangalore/28040589_1_candidates-activists-political-parties | url-status =dead | archive-date =3 January 2013 | newspaper =[[The Times of India]] |access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref><br />
*He also joined hands with Bangalore-based Kenneth Anderson Nature Society to protest against [[Gundia Hydel Power Project]] and alleged that the project is illegal as it destroys more than 700 hectares of thick forests.<ref name=gundia>{{cite news | title =Gundia hydel power project is illegal, its impact catastrophic: protesters| newspaper =The Times of India on mobile | date =25 May 2009 | url =http://m.timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/4577141.cms |access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref> Nature is our mother. The more we will harm , the more we face some great severe consequences. So better you humans stop industrialization and urbanization and promote afforestation.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Sundarlal Bahuguna]]<br />
*[[Ananth Hegde Ashisara]]<br />
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