China: Stop Forcing Tibetan Nomads Off Their Land - Petition

China: Stop Forcing Tibetan Nomads Off Their Land - Petition   For millions of years, Tibetan nomads have lived sustainably on the land and are the guardians of Tibet’s fragile environment. At least 2.25 million – a third of Tibetans – live nomadic or semi-nomadic life, a way of life that is an intrinsic part of Tibetan society.   In 1998, China declared that an end to the nomadic way of life would be sought by the end of the century. Although China missed this deadline, efforts intensified...

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