Have You Herd?

China relocates Tibetan herders in interest of environment 1

Ugh:

China is ordering 100,000 ethnic Tibetans to give up their traditional nomadic habits and settle in towns because their way of life is threatening the environment, state press reported Tuesday.

Glaciers in the province where the herders live are an initial source for both the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers; somehow we imagine that the impact on the rivers from overgrazing and erosion pales in comparison to the Chinese government's efforts to build gigantic industrial towns on the rivers' banks.

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  1. sustainablejohn's avatar

    sustainablejohn Posted 11:08 am
    04 Oct 2007

    This is awful!I've stayed and had interaction with nomads.  They are amazing people who peacefully let their yaks graze the land.  I've seen the crystal clear waters of the source of the Yangtze.  And I've seen people in the towns of Qinghai province chuck litter into that pristine water.  They want to move the nomads to these towns.  It will ruin one of the last remaining sustainable cultures in the world.  Further downstream, the Yangtze receives about 50% of China's wastewater (i forget the exact stat).  This is an awful move by the Chinese government.

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