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Meltdown in TibetROUGH TIMES ahead for the Himalayan regions: climate change is radically altering the landscape, with glaciers melting and receding at an unprecedented rate. Which is, without a doubt, going to result in extreme weather and chaos with food production. Chinese authorities seem to have no contingency plans here. They are forging ahead with vicious deforestation in the Tibetan borderlands of southwest China, and forging ahead with building huge dams in the upper Yangtse, Mekong and Salween regions. For more about the fate of the mighty rivers of Tibet, go to: www.MeltdowninTibet.com. THE SALWEENValleys of the dammedHeader photo: from the Three Parallel Rivers Superb at rendering their own rivers unusable, Chinese engineers are moving on to fresh victims at the edge of the Tibetan plateau. The Salween—one of Asia's last wild rivers—is the target of a series of large-scale dams, planned to generate hydropower to distant Chinese cities. Impervious to international protest, Chinese engineers are conducting dam survey work in upper Yunnan within a UNESCO World Heritage area called Three Parallel Rivers (where the Salween, Mekong and Yangtse rivers runs close). It seems that the United Abominations is doing little to stop the dams, apart from raising a few eyebrows and muttering some stern rebukes.
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