Lha organised a talk on Tibet’s Unique Ecosystem at TCV Gopalpur on March 23 with the intention of raising environmental awareness issues in Tibet. Mr Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha, Head of the Environment ….
How can Asian countries survive without Tibetan glaciers and water?
The Tibetan plateau, which holds the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) ice sheet, is known as the world’s “Third Pole.” It holds the largest number of glaciers and snow after the Arctic and Antarctic. The Tibetan plateau has more than 46,000 glaciers, 14.5 percent of the world’s total. ….
Lha organised the monthly mass clean up on March 16 covering areas of TCV (Tibetan Children’s Village) road and the forest area below His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s temple. Lha students and volunteers took part in the mass clean up and it was followed by lunch for the participants. ….
There has been a significant rise in the number of people and animals affected by continuing snowstorm since Dec 28 in Yushu (Tibetan: Yulshul) Prefecture of Qinghai Province with corresponding rise in economic losses, according to China’s official Xinhuanews agency Mar 2. The report said some areas were covered under snow nearly half a metre deep, adding it had snowed again from Feb 21 to 28. ….
Lha’s monthly mass clean up took place on Jan 19, the third Saturday of the month as usual. Around fifteen students and volunteers joined us for the event. We started in Mcleod Ganj and ended up at the forest area below Temple Road, near Nagini Mandir. ….
The ‘third pole’ is the planet’s largest reservoir of ice and snow after the Arctic and Antarctic. It encompasses the Himalaya–Hindu Kush mountain ranges and the Tibetan Plateau. The region hosts the world’s 14 highest mountains and about 100,000 square kilometres of glaciers (an area the size of Iceland). Meltwater feeds ten great rivers, including the Indus, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Yellow and Yangtze, ….
DHARAMSALA, Dec 31: China’s White Paper on Tibet’s Environment do not match ground realities, the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) said today at a press conference held here in Dharamsala. ….
By Nick Hawkins
The face of a mountainside near Bolo Township, by Chambo City inJomda County, Eastern Tibet collapsed into the Drichu River (the Yangste in Chinese)on October 11, blocking the river and forming a huge barrier lake 5km long, 200 meters wide and70 meters deep. ….
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 course of the Machu River. ….
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 agency Oct 27, citing latest statistics from the climate centre of Qinghai Province. What is more, thawing permafrost, which would free trapped carbon, is seen to lead to further increase in the rising temperature. ….
