<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for China relocates Tibetan herders in interest of environment]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by sustainablejohn http://www.grist.org/article/tibet/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:08:21 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/tibet/1 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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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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