We can infer that the aim of the “tree-huggers” is ……………

In India, whose Himalayan forests have declined by 25 per cent in the last decade, groups called “tree huggers” have taken the initiative. When they hear of a logging operation — legal or not — they rush into the forest and throw their arms around trees, an approach that has shut down several projects. But unless the governments of the area impose a more systematic conservation effort, the Himalayas may well go the way of Ethiopia, whose forests have
virtually disappeared.