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Tibetan Plateau
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This blog has new, views and commentary about Tibetan environmental issues.
Recent Posts
Denmark\'s anticipatory sale of Tibet bears no fruit
Did you know that Denmark sold Tibet's historical status as a sovereign state and the Tibetan people's right to struggle for freedom from Chinese rule at the beginning of the COP 15 meetings (on December 9) to appease China, in the hopes that China ...
Can you tell the name of this flower?
Yes, can you please tell me the English or botanical name of this flower? Apparently this flower is quite popular among the Tibetans. Its Tibetan name is Dolma Metok (སྒྲོལ་མ་མེ་ཏོག༑).I like how these flowers are planted...
Woser\'s article on "Tibet\'s Water Pollution and China\'s \'Global Warming\'" on HPPE
There is a really good Chinese language article on pollution of Lhasa River and problems associated with mining at Gyama village of Meldro Gungkar county by Woser, the premier Tibetan blogger. You can read an English translation of the article by Hig...
Dams on Machu/Yellow River/Huanghe (Northeast Tibetan Plateau)
I am pleased to publish this map of hydropower projects on the upper Yellow River known as Machu (᪵ᨋᩛᨋ) [རྨ་ཆུ་] in Tibetan and Huanghe in Chinese. Many thanks to my amazing map maker and to all others, especially Bruce Lee, who h...
COP 15, China and Tibet
Another quick post to recommend an article by Ma Jun, director of Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs based in Beijing. I like the way Ma Jun has described the problem of the COP 15 agreement deadlock between developed and developing count...
"High Sanctuary" by Jamyang Norbu
A quick post to recommend a new article by Jamyang Norbu, winner of Crossword Book Award, India's equivalent of Booker Prize, on environmental conservation in historical Tibet. Jamyang Norbu's blog provides informative and persuasive commentaries on...
