Mahatma Gandhi delivered a trenchant assessment of the British Empire in 1928. “The economic imperialism of a single tiny island kingdom is today keeping the world in chains,” he wrote. Gandhi would lead India to…
LIMA, Peru: Zamlha Tempa Gyaltsen, an environment research fellow at the Tibet Policy Institute and Dorji Kyi, an environment activist of Tibetan Women’s Association are participating at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference or more…
An assessment was conducted earlier this month, which supplies new data about the rise in climate change effects and pollution in Tibet. According to research, the average temperature has soared by 0.4 Degree Celsius per…
The caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinesis ) is a unique natural resource turned into a valuable medicinal plant that grows in the fertile land of central and eastern Tibet during the months of May to August.…
A Chinese suspect named Chen Haisheng has been arrested on 14th August for allegedly killing a Tibetan wild donkey, a protected species in Tibet. A Tibetan wildlife donkey frightened and helpless, under the body is…
By Jonathan Kaiman [The Guardian] Coalfield 14 times the size of the City of London turns alpine meadows into craters in Qinghai, Greenpeace investigation reveals a Chinese coal company has been operating illegal open-pit mines…
More than 100 Tibetans protested this week against coal mining in Qinghai province’s Nangchen (in Chinese, Nangqian) county, citing environmental and health concerns, according to sources.
Two Tibetan activists — an environmentalist who organized villagers to plant trees and report poaching, and a Tibetan monk who joined mass protests against Chinese rule — have been released from jail after serving sentences…
Thousands of megawatts of geothermal energy remain locked up in the Himalayas because of environmental considerations and lack of investment in research, say international geologists.
DHARAMSHALA: The railway line from Tibet’s Lhasa to Shigatse may become operational next month, as China announced plans to extend a railway line linking Tibet with the rest of the country to the borders of…