Celebrating World Water Week

World Water Week is held the last week of August every year, and it is organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). The main objective is to inspire people to consider the sustainability

of fresh water and their concerns, learn more about water-related issues, and take appropriate steps to make a difference. Tibet, known as the third pole, holds the largest freshwater and provides water for one-fifth of the global population, an estimated 1.3 billion Asian people depending on the rivers originating from Tibet. However, Chinese authorities continue to build dams, extract minerals from Tibet, displace nomads, and threaten Tibet unique ecology while polluting the precious Tibet River. Due to climate change, the Tibetan Plateau’s glaciers are melting faster than the rest of the world. The melting of the Tibetan glacier means Tibet is not only suffering but also downstream Asian nations that depend on Tibet’s river. We can feel the value of our precious water as it degrades,

and I want to urge people to raise their voices about this major issue. Protecting Tibet ecology and highlighting the importance of the Tibet River. Such awareness should be reminded it on this special world water week.

IF Tibet dries, Asia dies.

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