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Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia Hardcover – November 11, 2014

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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press (November 11, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1137279540
  • ISBN-13: 978-1137279545
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.5 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsMeltdown in Tibet
By Clare O'Beara on November 22, 2014
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Michael Buckley, a Canadian, wrote the first Lonely Planet guidebook to Tibet. An adventure travel writer, film maker and environmentalist, he is much travelled in Tibet and Himalayas, where he has gone white water rafting down the mountains. He first visited Tibet in 1985 as a truck passenger and saw the constant stream of treetrunks being hauled as China felled Tibetan forests, ongoing since China took over Tibet in 1950.

This book lays bare the continuous plundering of the Tibetan plateau and mountains by Chinese settlers and soldiers. By 1980 a fact-finding mission from Tibet's former rulers found that the grasslands, once-rich in natural diversity, were empty of wildlife - all eaten, Buckley believes.

The Himalayan snow and glacier ice is the world's largest store of freshwater outside the Polar regions. Yet this ice which should reflect heat back into space, is sooty and black in many areas, from Chinese and Indian coal emissions and cooking stoves. Dark ice attracts heat so melts faster, and dark rock is exposed in a feedback loop. 95% of glaciers are shrinking faster than they can be replenished. As these glaciers feed some of the world's largest rivers which flow through eight populous countries, problems are foreseeable. These include lack of crop irrigation and drinking water.

Added is the fact that China is constructing massive dams, fourteen just on one river and more on others, to completely control the flow. They are diverting major Indian rivers northwards for their own use. Buckley found it hard to get information as Tibet is a black hole, people tending to vanish and no net service available. But Google Earth shows massive mines, tunnels and dams.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA must-read about the imperiled people and ecology of Tibet
By William S. Weir on July 9, 2013
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Michael Buckley's love of the Tibetan people has led him to investigate the hows and whys of threats to the health of their lands. From extensive travels since the 1980s and challenging research, he explains why the glaciers and rivers of Tibet are so important not only to Tibetans, but also to the nations downstream. The author reveals little-known facts about how dams, water diversion, mining, and forced resettlement of Tibetan nomads threaten the livelihoods of millions in Asia. Extensive end notes and weblinks let you explore these critical issues further.

This greatly expanded 2014 edition published by Palgrave Macmillan replaces the 2013 edition published by CrazyHorse Press & ThunderHorse Media.

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5.0 out of 5 starsMust Read
By A.T on November 18, 2014
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The Meltdown in Tibet is a unique insight into the environmental effects of development. The book thoroughly analyses the effects of 'modernisation' on the people of Tibet, the loss of culture, heritage, and the inability to control their own land. The booked opened my eyes to a part of world which people mostly stay naive to due to the harsh reality. I had the honour of meeting Michael Buckley in person at a reading. This book is an astounding personal narrative into the ones pristine land of Tibet.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMeltdown in Tibet
By Reader on November 23, 2014
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I found this a fascinating ( and terrifying) book. The potential for further widescale disaster is almost certain, yet the Western world seems largely unaware, if not uncaring. Make no mistake, what is occurring in Asia will have a wide impact on the rest of our planet. China needs reining in and Tibet must be saved. How to achieve that remains to be seen.
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5.0 out of 5 starsTHIS BOOK is a MUST READ for anyone who cares about SURVIVAL in the 21st CENTURY!!!!
By Maura Moynihan on November 19, 2014
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I thank Michael Buckley for the many years he spent researching and writing "Meltdown in Tibet" documenting the environmental catastrophe unfolding across Tibet, the source of the 9 great rivers of Asia, the watershed of Asia, the world' most populous continent. The Chinese Communists who have now occupied Tibet for 6 decades have installed a formidable military-industrial infrastructure all across the vast, hitherto unspoilt Tibetan Plateau, building thousands of hydro-dams on Tibet's rivers, which provide water for billions of people in downstream nations. China controls Tibet with an iron fist, so Michael should be commended for his courage and his tenacity researching one of the most difficult stories for a journaist to cover, which is also one of THE MOST IMPORTANT and UNDER-REPORTED CRISES that humanity faces in the 21st century. Anyone who says that Michael's work is "too critical of China" needs to take a hard look at the maps and photographs of the monster dams China has built on the Mekong, Indus, Brahmaputra, which flow into South and Southeast Asia, and the Yellow and Yangtze - where dams will cause havoc for the people of China - to realize just how serious this issue is, and to bear in mind that the Chinese government built these dams without informing any of their neighbors, and now - is it too late? A powerfully written, brilliantly researched must-read for anyone who cares about survival in the age of industrialization and climate change, and anyone who cares about the fate of Asian civilization.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Great Wall of Concrete
By Ikkyu Jones on March 3, 2015
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On one hand, this is a fun read, mainly due Michael Buckley's way with language and narrative. Not to mention his ironic euphemisms. On the other hand, what lies between the pages of "Meltdown in Tibet" is enough to raise the hackles on anyone with a conscience. What is currently underway in Tibet and other parts of Asia is nothing less than ecological meltdown, to borrow Buckley's term. While not an overt call to action, the author's intentions are clear - we either act or stand by and witness the collapse of major aquatic ecosystems that have supported millions of people and wildlife species for millennia.

Very worthy book.
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