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Recent research shows that industrial mining is affecting the Tibetan Plateau. As Chinese companies expand copper production, Tibetan concerns about water, land use, and environmental protection are worth revisiting, writes Tenzin Jigmey.*
In September 2014, over 1000 Tibetans gathered in a village east of Lhasa to protest mining, which they said was polluting their rivers and damaging their farming. (Xiang, 2010, pp. 4177-4184). The demonstration took place in Gyama (རྒྱ་མ་), a mountain valley historically used for agriculture, livestock, and local water. Gyama (རྒྱ་མ་), or Jiama as it is written in Chinese, is in central Tibet, abo...
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