The fifth Khoryug, a conference on environmental protection for Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and nunneries in the Himalaya, is being held in Delhi. The five-day conference on conservation of fresh water and water security was inaugurated by Gyalwang Karmapa. Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Rural Development, told the participants, “You are poised to play a very important role in disseminating knowledge of the environmental threats.”