Local Tibetans found the carcasses of 20 musk deer and one eagle on June 22, 2016 in the traditional Tibetan area of Kham Dege, located today in Sichuan province. ….
After bearing witness to the gigantic mountain’s two deadliest years on record, some 400 climbers are celebrating recent ascents of Mt. Everest, the first expeditions to summit successfully since the 2014 climbing season. ….
Charlotte Alfred, Huffington Post, 18 June 2016
In the beautiful but unforgiving mountains of Tibet, nomads harvest a lucrative caterpillar fungus known for its medicinal properties. But they fear the boom may be over. ….
More than 100 Tibetan women took to the streets carrying a huge Chinese flag and blown-up photos of the country’s leaders to protest against the confiscation of farmland on June 13 and 14, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). ….
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay and Mr Tempa Gyaltsen, researcher at Tibet Policy Institute’s Environment and Development Desk, held a press conference today at Gangchen Kyishong to condemn the official circular issued by local Chinese authorities in Amchok, alleging Central Tibetan Administration’s involvement in the anti-mining protests in northeastern Tibet. ….
By Tenzin Palden*- Tibetpolicy.net
On 4 May 2016, a sudden mass death of fish in the Lichu River in Minyak Lhagang, Dartsedo County in Karze Prefecture brought hundreds of local Tibetans out on the street, protesting against a lithium mining company (Ronda Lithium Co Ltd) that released mine waste into the Lichu River, a tributary of Nakchu/Yalong river, the biggest river that merges with Yangtse downstream. ….
Police in northwestern China’s Gansu province attacked a group of Tibetan villagers at the beginning of June after the Tibetans, residents of a township near a sacred mountain, protested the mining of gold at the site, according to a Tibetan exile source. ….
By Justin Cheung, May 27, 2016, The Diplomat
It is no secret that Tibetan independence movements have long drawn the ire of Chinese authorities. ….
By Dukthen Kyi & Lynn Holland:
Tibet, known as “the roof of the world,” is seen as a place of peace and tranquility where humans and nature may co-exist in harmony. For Tibetans, the hills, mountains, and rivers are regarded as sacred places to be left in their natural state. ….
A group of over 100 Tibetans gathered for a sit-in protest against the ongoing mining activities by Chinese mining firms in Yulshok Gargye in Minyak County of Eastern Tibet. ….
