Nomadic campaign

For 4,000 years nomads have grazed herds of yak over the vast grasslands of Tibet. But now, the Chinese government is assaulting this distinctive form of Tibetan culture as it aims to force almost one million nomads off their ancestral lands and into desolate tenement complexes where their agricultural skills are suddenly redundant. As nomads are forced into resettlement complexes, their yaks and other livestock are confiscated or slaughtered.

Free Tibet is campaigning for an end to forced nomadic resettlement.

Click here to read Free Tibet's submission about forced nomadic resettlement to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.

Click here to read more a basic Q&A about Tibet's nomads
Click here for in depth analysis of China's plans to 'end the nomadic way of life forever'.
Click here to support our nomadic campaigning by helping us fill a virtual plateau with virtual yaks!
Click here to read more about Tibet: Third Pole on site for the film 'Meltdown in Tibet'

Testimony of a resettled nomad

Free Tibet has gathered testimony from nomads who have been forcibly resettled. Here, a nomad named Tenzin talks at length about how forced resettlement has affected her and how she longs to return to the plateau.

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Tibet: the Third Pole

Nomads are being forced off the land to make way for mining projects which are contributing to the melting of Tibet's icecap. As Tibet houses the sources of many of Asia's rivers, this could devestate the lives of billions.

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Nomads Q&A

Read more about nomads in this simple Q&A, covering how the forced resettlement of nomads is affecting the people of Tibet and the environmental condition of the Tibetan plateau.

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What you can do to help

Help fund our nomadic campaign by buying a virtual yak for £3, which will be added to our virtual plateau. You can also decorate your yak as nomads do.
You can also write to your local politicians about this issue.

Buy YOUR virtual yak here!