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Walls close in on Tibetan nomads promised better life
Philip Wen
February 20, 2012
Losang, a dark, stocky man with a shock of jet black hair and a beaming grin, is known as the happiest man in his village. The former nomad cackles with infectious laughter after almost every …
Hard times for eco-migrants
Guan Guixia
Suonan Wangjie
February 08, 2012
As China seeks to protect a delicate corner of Qinghai, 50,000 herders have been moved off the grasslands. Ill-prepared for urban life, they face a bleak future, write Guan Guixia and Suonan Wangjie.…
US Congressional Commission Hears Testimony on Tibet’s Water and Environment
DHARAMSHALA: The United States-China Economic and Security Review
Commission, a congressional commission of the United States
government, will hear Thursday (26 January) a written testimony on
Water Security and Environmental Management on the Tibetan Plateau
submitted by the Central Tibetan …
Protect Tibet’s environment, it is the world’s third pole by Kate Saunders
THE HIMALAYAS
KATE SAUNDERS
www.sunday-guardian.com/profile/kate-saunders
At a religious festival in eastern Tibet, a group of young monks squeal with laughter as a dishevelled Tibetan rolls around on the grass, beer bottle in hand, being harangued about the importance of not …
Why Tibet Matters to Asia and the World!
Imja Glacier, central Himalaya. Top photo taken in 1955 by Fritz Müller & Erwin Schneider. Lower photo shows a large glacial lake, caused by significant glacial melting. Lower photo taken in 2009 by Dr. Alton Byers. Source: www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/04/byers-himalaya-changing- Landscapes!…
‘Nomads for Planetary Third Pole’ Petition addressed to Ministry of Environment Protection, PRC
Tibetan Women’s Association and Tibet Third Pole have launched a petition to the Ministry of Environment Protection of The People’s Republic of China. The petition appeals to the PRC to halt the forced removal of nomads from Tibet’s pastureland since …
China spends 4.5 bln yuan conserving river source in NW China
November 30th, 2011 | Xinhua
China has spent 4.55 billion yuan (713 million U.S. dollars) on conservation work to preserve the source of the Yellow, Yangtze and Lancang rivers, a local conservation official said Wednesday.
The ecological conservation program, initiated …