Tibet was recently shaken by tremors on 2nd August at about 2 am in the early morning. Fortunately no casualties were reported and no one was hurt.Earlier this month, Scientists had warned that the mantle – the…
By Dorji Kyi China’s State Council Information Office published a White Paper entitled Ecological Progress on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on July 18, which claims that the Chinese government has always been mindful about environmental progress…
By Areeba Falak, Sunday Guardian While development versus environmental conservation has been a burning debate across the world, China’s development projects in Tibet, too, have been faulted for causing harm to nature. However, last week’s white…
By Zamlha Tempa Gyaltsen China’s latest white paper ‘Ecological Progress on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau’ begins with a brazen lie that “the Communist…
A river diversion project is being implemented by Chinese authorities that will affect the availability of water resources for local Tibetan farmers and their livelihood in the Chumar Township in Hui Autonomous County and the…
The Earth is undoubtedly facing a global environmental crisis. Human activities are changing the climate, melting the glaciers,clearing the forest, exterminating many species, creating antibiotic resistance, polluting our water sources, and moving species into new…
by Clare Harrison The World’s Water Tower The Tibetan Plateau, with its vast grasslands, high altitude lakes, glaciers and snowy peaks, plays a fundamental role in maintaining the balance of global climatic systems. Known…
How do we reduce the wastes and materials we use to ensure wise use of the earth’s limited resources? Lha conducts a monthly mass waste clean-up around McLeod Ganj (refer Contact magazine monthly reports) At…
Reanalyzed foot and handprints may date to thousands of years before many thought the roof of the world was settled. (Inside Science) — Surrounded by mountain ranges holding the highest peaks on Earth, the Tibetan…
Soil is a mixture of minerals, organic matter, liquids, gases and organisms that together support life. It is a major part of the earth’s ecosystem (Soil, Wikipedia). How well is this life-giving resource saved in…