Plunder behind the bamboo curtain. [Environmental effects of mining and deforestation in Tibet]

Journal Article · · World Watch; (United States)

OSTI ID:6500778

Denniston, D

Significant environmental degradation has occurred in Tibet as China has stripped forests and minerals from the ground. Uranium, borax, lithium, copper, iron, chromite are all being exploited. High pasture is being overgrazed because fertile valleys are being inhabited by workers. Shortages of timber and paper pulp in China have meant cutting of dense stands of spruce, fir, larch, oak maple, and pine. Ground and surface waters are contaminated from mining, severe erosion is increasing from deforestation, overgrazing and mining on the high plateau. Importation of large numbers of Chinese workers has further threatened the Tibetian culture.

• OSTI ID: 6500778
• Journal Information: World Watch; (United States), Vol. 6:3; ISSN 0896-0615
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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