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Third Pole

June 21, 2013;

A seminar in the European Parliament organised by Tibet support groups, on the state of Tibet’s environment, has stressed the importance and the urgent need to protect the environment and resources of Tibet. Tibetan representatives highlighted how Tibet, the “third pole”; currently the world’s largest reservoir of fresh water, is facing unprecedented constructions of dams, resettlement of nomads, fencing of grasslands, depletion of permafrost, and over-exploitation of minerals and forests under Chinese government policies.

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