Washington DC – Tibetan activists submitted a petition with over 1,600 signatures to the World Health Organization's offices in Washington, DC, demanding the global health group approve a Tibetan refugee hospital's selection as a recipient of a public health award.
Karmapa calls on China take responsibility for Tibet's environment
New Delhi, India International Centre, 12 November, 2013: - His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorjee Tuesday called on the 60 monks and nuns attending the conference to lead water conservation initiatives in their local Himalayan communities.
Massive mineral exploitation in Tibet caused recent mining disaster
Dharamshala: - The environmental researchers of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) based in Dharamshala Wednesday said China's large-scale exploitation of mineral resources in Tibet caused the recent disaster that killed more than 80 Chinese miners.
Tibetans to Raise Environment Issue at UN Climate conference
Dharamshala: - Dharamshala: - Two Tibetans from the exile Tibetan community arrived in Doha for a week-long campaign for Tibet and participation at the UN's 18th Conference on world Climate Change.
CTA raises concern over mining project in Lhunphula, Tibet
Dharamshala: - Our ancestors viewed the earth as rich and bountiful, which it is. Many people in the past also saw nature as inexhaustibly sustainable, which we now know is the case only if we care for it.
Chamdo conference will be of little help to Tibetans
Next year, in the eastern Tibetan city of Chamdo (Chengdu), the Geological Society of China and the Geological Society of America will host a joint conference entitled 'The Roof of the World'.