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The Endangered Third Pole: A Crisis in Tibet
Pictures of stranded polar bears on melting sheets of ice remind us all how global warming is causing the two poles, the
Tibetan Nomads: Stewards of the Land, Water
Approximately one billion people depend on the seven major rivers - like the Yangtse, the Indus and the Watch a short video about the plight of Tibetan Nomads
Tibetan Nomads' Rights from International Tibet Network
Nomadic Lifestyle Disrupted

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Read in depth information about the lives of nomads and how the Chinese government is putting this ancient and unique lifestyle at great risk by persuing its policy to force almost one million nomads to resettle by 2011. | 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. |
Find out more about Tibetan nomads and how their lifestyle is being put under threat by forced resettlement. Read the full story about nomadic resettlement and why Tibet's nomads are vital to the plateau. | Help fund our nomadic campaign by adopting a virtual yak for £3, which will be added to our virtual plateau. You can decorate your yak as nomads do, and help us fill the plateau just as it should be in Tibet! |









