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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 …
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 …
Chinese and Russian critiques of water diversion
Caixin Weekly: China Economics & Finance (Caixin Media)
January 15, 2012,
Water Diversion Blues Rapidly growing cities need more water and plenty of it, but experts say China faces a sobering outlook on the impact of diversion projects
By staff …
Tibetans advocate climate justice for Tibet at UN Climate conference
TWA delegates representing ‘Tibet Third Pole’ for COP-17 meeting completes the first week at Durban
Durban, December 5, 2011: Two members of TWA: Tenzin Woebum, head of Women’s Environment and Development Desk (WEDD) and Tenzin Dolma, Joint secretary, who represent …
Gobi mega-mine puts Mongolia on brink of world’s greatest resource boom
Coal extraction in ‘the last frontier’ expected to triple economy by 2020 but will compete with nomads for scarce resources
Jonathan Watts
guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 November 2011 11.54 GMT
After a 16-hour drive under the piercing blue skies of Mongolia’s …
Construction on Tibet’s largest dam begins with river blocking
Tibet’s largest water project blocked the Lhasa river yesterday, marking the start of the dam’s construction. The 4.6 billion yuan reservoir and power station is expected to go online in 2013.
Pondo Water Control Project, the largest in Tibet, is …
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Glaciers in Tibetan plateau melting fast due to global warming
Xinhua and Staff Reporter
2011-10-22
13:31 (GMT+8)
Experts say a large area of the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau has melted due to climate change. (File Photo/CFP)
Glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in southwest China, the major source of the …