Provincial authorities plan to divert the Yellow River away from Amdo and towards the city of Xining Tibetans in Tibet’s Amdo region face the possibility of their water supply being diverted under plans to change…
The unceasing flooding sweeps away whole villages and townships, destroying crucial infrastructure networks One month ago, we reported on the massive landslide and flooding of villages around Chamdo city, Tibetan Autonomous Region. The landslide caused serious blockage…
Oct28, 2018) – The average temperature in the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau has been rising at a rate well over three times the average speed of global warming since 1961, reported China’s official Xinhua news…
second-landslide-creates-new-barrier-lake-at-tibets-sichuan-tar-border Nov05, 2018– A new barrier lake has formed after another large landslide hit Bolo Township in Chamdo (Qamdo) City of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) on Nov 3 evening, blocking a section of Jinsha…
Oct 18: As many as 6,000 people from Menling County in the Traditional Tibetan Province of U-Tsang had been evacuated after a landslide had blocked the Yarlung Tsangpo, China’s emergency services announced earlier that day
As the Chinese government released a new white paper claiming it supports “ecological conservation” in Tibet, state media announced that China has stepped up production of bottled water from Tibet’s endangered glaciers, and news emerged…
In recent years, China’s exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources has gathered pace significantly. Tibetans have no power to protect their own land and must watch the economic benefits of its resources flow out of their…
Oct13, 2018) – More than 24,600 residents of Tibet’s Chamdo (Chinese: Qamdo or Changdu) City and nearby Tibetan areas in Sichuan Province had been evacuated by 6pm Oct 12 due to fears of flood resulting…
Oct16, 2018) – Even as dangers from a barrier lake formed by a landslide which blocked the Drichu (Chinese: Yangtze River) tributary of Jinsha River at Bolo Township of Jomda County in Tibet’s Chamdo (Qamdo)…
Thousands have been evacuated as water continues to rise On Tuesday morning (11 October), a massive landslide occurred on the mountainside at the intersection of Phayul, Bhatang and Derong counties. The magnitude of the landslide…