By Lodoe Gyatso<\/p>\n
Tibetan nomads in China\u2019s northwestern Qinghai province are being forced to abandon their traditional grazing lands. Anyone found remaining in banned areas face stiff fines and jail sentences.<\/p>\n
The nomads in Golog prefecture\u2019s Darlag county were given no reason for the move. It is customary for Tibetan nomads to release their livestock into the grassland for summer grazing, but this year the Chinese authorities ordered them off the land, giving them until August 23to move. Officials called in armed police to threaten those that did not leave in time. Each of them was fined 1,000 Yuan [US $ 153.7 \/ \u00a3 116.7\u00a0(about 9.900 Indian Rupees) and told that anyone who stayed would be jailed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, nomads living in the Horkor and Takor villages of Darlag\u2019sDernang township have been ordered to move from their winter camps without being given an alternative place to live.<\/p>\n
Tibetan nomads are not allowed to graze in \u201csome of the best pasture land in all of the Tibetan Plateau, especially in the key prefectures of Yulshul and Golog\u201d, Tibet environmental expert Gabriel Lafitte said, adding that Chinese policy provides that resettled nomads be given vocational training and access to markets. \u201c[However], in reality, there is very little vocational training, and resettled nomads have few opportunities to enter the modern economy\u201d, he continued.<\/p>\n
In response Tibetan nomads in Golok region have appealed to the Chinese authorities. The English version of the petition stated that, \u201cofficials started implementation of a new policy restricting the rights of native pastoralists to use their pastures\u201d.<\/p>\n
Citing relevant laws within the Chinese constitution as well as the Qinghai province grassland law, the petitioners stated that they are, \u201cforced to appeal in the hope that the officials of the Peoples\u2019 Republic of China\u2019s People\u2019s Government, putting the interests of the people first, and being committed to the principle of \u2018ruling the country by law\u2019 and \u2018ruling the country as per law\u2019, will show concern, and make a decision that is in accordance with law and not against custom\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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