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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Buckley, Michael, 1950-     Subjects     Environmental degradation -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.     Environmental policy -- China.     Natural resources -- Government policy -- China.     Water-supply -- Government policy -- China.     Water-supply -- Asia.     Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Environmental conditions.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Buckley, Michael, 1950-       by title:      Meltdown in Tibet : ...         MARC Display

Meltdown in Tibet : China's reckless destruction of ecosystems from the highlands of Tibet to the deltas of Asia / Michael Buckley. by Buckley, Michael, 1950- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan Trade, c2014. Subjects Environmental degradation -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.   Environmental policy -- China.   Natural resources -- Government policy -- China.   Water-supply -- Government policy -- China.   Water-supply -- Asia.   Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Environmental conditions. ISBN:  9781137279545 (hbk.) 1137279540 (hbk.) Description:  viii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents:  Why Tibet matters -- Chopping Tibet in half : eco-snapshot : the first casualties -- Listening to glaciers. Rafting the Drigung : what on earth are China's engineers up to? ; Crisis at the Third Pole : what does a rain of black soot have to do with this? -- Ecocide in the Land of Snows. Valleys of the Dammed : what is the fate of the mighty rivers of Tibet? ; Stealing water : where is the thirsty dragon going to guzzle next? ; Vanishing nomads, vanishing grasslands : why are Tibet's grasslands being usurped by desert? ; Paper parks, theme parks : why is China snuffing out Tibetan nomad culture? ; Plundering the Treasure House : how much can an ecosystem take before it collapses? -- The politics of water. Downstream blues : Southeast Asia : what is at stake for food security? ; Himalayan water wars : why can't they just leave the rivers alone? ; Running wild in Bhutan : does Bhutan hold the key to a brighter future? -- Appendices. Water justice. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Tibetans have experienced waves of genocide since the 1950s. Now they are facing ecocide. The Himalayan snowcaps are in meltdown mode, due to climate change--accelerated by a rain of black soot from massive burning of coal and other fuels in both China and India. The mighty rivers of Tibet are being dammed by Chinese engineering consortiums to feed the mainland's thirst for power, and the land is being relentlessly mined in search of minerals to feed China's industrial complex. On the drawing board are plans for a massive engineering project to divert water from Eastern Tibet to water-starved Northern China. Ruthless Chinese repression leaves Tibetans powerless to stop the reckless destruction of their sacred land, but they are not the only victims of this campaign: the nations downstream from Tibet rely heavily on rivers sourced in Tibet for water supply, and for rich silt used in agriculture. This ecocide has been happening with little scrutiny until now. In Meltdown in Tibet, Michael Buckley turns the spotlight on the darkest side of China's emergence as a global super power"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.70095 Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 363.70095 Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 363.70095 Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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