Everything I need to know I ... Part 1

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Across
  1. 5. The official who questioned the women's protest methods. (8)
  2. 8. The Himalayan region where peasant women defended the forests. (7)
  3. 12. The nonviolent movement to protect forests in the Himalayan region. (6)
  4. 14. Natural water bodies that dried up due to deforestation. (7)
  5. 16. Flowering trees highlighted in the folk song for providing cool water. (13)
  6. 17. Walking pilgrimages undertaken during the movement. (9)
  7. 20. The village woman who led resistance against tree felling. (10)
  8. 22. The event after which the author's mother became a farmer. (9)
  9. 23. A vital resource provided by forests, as highlighted by the protesting women. (5)
  10. 24. What the forester claimed forests produce, along with resin and timber. (6)
  11. 25. Environmental disasters caused by logging, leading to soil erosion. (10)
Down
  1. 1. One of the tree species mentioned in the folk song of the period. (4)
  2. 2. A resource women had to collect over longer distances due to deforestation. (8)
  3. 3. The clean atmosphere sustained by forests, according to the women's song. (7)
  4. 4. The action women declared they would do to trees to prevent logging. (3)
  5. 6. One of the basic needs that became scarce due to deforestation. (6)
  6. 7. The author of "Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest". (12)
  7. 9. The product obtained from dead trees, considered less valuable by the women. (6)
  8. 10. The profession of the author's father. (16)
  9. 11. The Himalayan village where a dramatic action took place in 1977. (6)
  10. 13. The mountain range where the author's ecological journey began. (8)
  11. 15. The field of study inspired by the forests. (7)
  12. 18. One of the elements the women sang that forests bear, sustaining the Earth. (4)
  13. 19. The large-scale environmental issue addressed by the movement. (13)
  14. 21. Objects held by women in broad daylight as a form of protest. (8)