plz help: research for environmental damage to Tibet

[candeo]

I'm writing a research paper for school and I would like to write about the ecological damage that has occurred to Tibet since the Chineese occupation.

I would really like to make a good paper out of this subject, but I need to find a lot of good articles, books and statistics about this subject if I'm going to make a solid point.

Can anybody point me in the right direction to find this? Web pages, books or library resources that might help me prove that there has been lasting damage to Tibet as a country, and not just to it's people's culture.

Thank you.

[TMcG]

Here's one link off the top of my head...
Will try to find more for you.

Good luck on your paper!

http://www.tibet.ca/en/publications/water.shtml

[hummalumma]

I'm writing a research paper for school and I would like to write about the ecological damage that has occurred to Tibet since the Chineese occupation.

I would really like to make a good paper out of this subject, but I need to find a lot of good articles, books and statistics about this subject if I'm going to make a solid point.

Can anybody point me in the right direction to find this? Web pages, books or library resources that might help me prove that there has been lasting damage to Tibet as a country, and not just to it's people's culture.

Thank you.




...What have you done so far?

[candeo]

As far as this specific paper goes, I've only begun researching. I've found some useful information at Tibet.org in a great overall essay about their ecology. I've also read about 15 of the Dalai Lama's books.

I've got a ways to go before I can develop my thesis and make this paper happen, though. I have an opinion, I'm just trying to find enough facts, history and statistics to back up a specific point about whether China's occupation is doing permanent damage to their environment.

[hummalumma]

As far as this specific paper goes, I've only begun researching. I've found some useful information at Tibet.org in a great overall essay about their ecology. I've also read about 15 of the Dalai Lama's books.

I've got a ways to go before I can develop my thesis and make this paper happen, though. I have an opinion, I'm just trying to find enough facts, history and statistics to back up a specific point about whether China's occupation is doing permanent damage to their environment.



...what city do you live in?

[candeo]

Washington DC

[hummalumma]

Washington DC


contact:

The Office of Tibet

241 East 32nd Street
New York, NY 10016

Email: otny@igc.org

Fax: (212) 779-9245
Community Groups

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1. Organize a celebration of Tibetan New Year, if possible, show casing Tibetan culture, food and crafts, telling participants this is the culture the Chinese Government is attempting to eradicate.

2. Organize a commemoration of the invasion of Tibet, for example in the form of rallies, public meetings an/or Tibet Flag Days.

3. Visit their local member of parliament to discuss Tibet and to give them information on the political and human rights in Tibet.

4. Identify sympathetic journalists to target with news of Tibet. Journalists from all media should be targetted.

5. Organize a petition to the parliament calling on the government to support the establishment of talks, without preconditions, between representatives of the Dalai Lama and the PRC.

6. Call on all governments, nongovernmental organizations, UNICEF and individuals to write to the government of People's Republic of China, protesting the violation of the child rights by continuing to incarcerate the Panchen Lama -- a child of eight years of age and apply every form of pressure for his immediate release.

Governments

1. Ensure that Governments raise the question of talks without preconditions between representatives of the Dalai Lama and the PRC on the future of Tibet in all Ministerial discussions with PRC.

2. Support the establishment of a Special Rapporteur on Tibet to the UNHRC, Geneva.

3. Request the UN Secretary general to appoint a personal envoy/representative on Tibet.

4. Periodically request independent media access to Tibet.

Washington, D.C. April 24, 1997

[TMcG]

Here's a bit more info...



Tibet Devastated While the World Looks On
New report provides world with first in-depth study of environmental devastation in Tibet

Montreal, April 25, 2000: The environmental damage inflicted on Tibet during 41 years of Chinese rule will finally be revealed to the world when a new report is released by the Tibetan government-in-exile. The report, entitled Tibet 2000: Environment and Development Issues, will be presented to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York on April 26th and will be followed by press conferences in both New York and New Delhi, India.

The report describes the extensive environmental damage on the Tibetan plateau caused by inappropriate and unsustainable mining, logging, hydroelectric projects, waste disposal, nuclear proliferation, and resettlement projects.

"Tibet’s biodiversity has been compared to the Amazon Rainforest", says environment specialist Catherine Moore, "but it is being lost at a phenomenal rate. The Tibetan Plateau provides the headwaters for ten major Asian rivers, which supply freshwater to 47% of humanity. The diversion, damming, and degradation of these waters has far-reaching consequences. Changes in its hydrology and vegetation cover will inevitably echo through weather patterns worldwide. Canada and the world should pressure the Chinese government to ensure the protection of Tibet’s unique and fragile environment."

Until now, the environmental devastation caused by the Chinese government’s economic activities has been largely hidden from environmentalists, academics, the public, and even the Tibetan government-in-exile. The report reaffirms fears that the Chinese government is mining dangerously, using Tibet as a nuclear dumping field and converting enormous stretches of the grasslands which are essential to nomads into settlements for migrants.

"Not only does this constitute a grave violation of Tibetans’ environmental rights", says Canada Tibet Committee President Thubten Samdup, "but it reinforces other measures taken by the Chinese to ensure that Tibetan culture is radically transformed and assimilated. Canada’s continued partnership with China should be contingent on measures taken to ensure the protection of Tibet’s ecology and people."

For interviews in Montreal, please contact Environment Specialist Catherine Moore at (514-848-2050) and/or Canada Tibet Committee President Thubten Samdup (514-857-6770).

[TMcG]

Here's another link for you

http://www.tew.org

[TMcG]

and another link....

http://www.tibet.net/diir/eng/enviro/