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Exploring the third pole

the third pole 15.06.2012 · Leave a Comment
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thethirdpole.net’s first reader presents highlights from our published articles by journalists and experts from Tibet to Bangladesh. Important articles are classified by theme and this reader is free to download Read more »

Tags: climate change, reports, rivers, water

China’s grasslands: past and future

the third pole 18.11.2011 · Leave a Comment
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A collection of chinadialogue.net articles on China’s grasslands looks at the challenges facing herders and the landscapes they inhabit, from climate change to settlement policies, and strategies for meeting them. Download Now Read more »

Tags: adaptation, climate change, environmental security, grasslands, reports

The waters of the third pole

the third pole 15.11.2010 · Leave a Comment
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This report opens up a dialogue on water challenges in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya region, an issue that could put the lives and livelihoods of millions of people at risk in the future. Read more »

Tags: crisis, hindu-kush, stress, third pole, water challenges

Latest blogs

Revealed: the mystery of the Tibetan antelope’s high-altitude living

Tom Jamieson 23.05.2013

Scientists have mapped the genome of China's much-loved but endangered Tibetan antelope, able to gallop across high-altitude plains at high speed

Melting Himalayas contribute to global sea level rise

Tim Radford 21.05.2013

Melting glaciers outside the two poles account for one third of sea level rise, according to a new study

Latest articles

India’s farmer suicides: the women left behind

Anna da Costa 16.05.2013
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Written against the backdrop of continuing suicides among Indian farmers, a new book describes the impact of the country’s agricultural crisis on women

View the Brahmaputra as a living ecosystem

Joydeep Gupta 03.05.2013
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The India-China border row in Ladakh has eclipsed unresolved water-sharing issues along the Brahmaptura. But for any agreement to work, it must involve the people who depend on the waters.

Why has water-rich Yunnan become a drought hotspot?

Yang Fangyi 30.04.2013
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Calls by Yunnan officials to restrict water flows to other countries overlook the ecological and water quality factors behind south-west China’s drought

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