Meltdown in Tibet trailer - How Chinese are Looting everything in Tibet from Tibetans

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MELTDOWN IN TIBET

short film, disturbing questions

a personal take on the politics of water in Tibet

A film by Michael Buckley

Using undercover footage and stills, Meltdown in Tibet blows the lid off China's huge and potentially catastrophic dam-building projects in Tibet. The mighty rivers sourced in Tibet are lifelines to the people of India and Southeast Asia. These rivers are at great risk from rapidly receding glaciers—a meltdown accelerated by climate change—and from large-scale damming and diversion, due to massive Chinese engineering projects. To make way for these hydropower projects and for mining ventures, Tibetan nomads are being forced off their traditional grassland habitat—and resettled in bleak villages, where they cannot make a decent living.

The film raises some disturbing questions about a looming eco-disaster. If Himalayan glaciers vanish, what will happen to the rivers of Tibet? What is the fate of people in nations downstream that depend on those rivers? Why is China building so many large dams on the Tibetan plateau? What on earth are China's engineers getting up to?

Filmmaker: Michael Buckley has long been involved in research on travel to Tibet, with a number of published books. This is his first film approach.

Music by Victor Chorobik www.chorobik.com

Length: there are two cuts for the film:
— a longer version at 39.57 minutes
— a shorter version at 12.10 minutes

Contact: for inquiries or feedback on this short film, contact Michael Buckley —
meltdown451 (at) yahoo.com

From a review of Meltdown in Tibet:

The film draws its power and immediacy from the fact that Michael actually rafted down the rivers he discusses, and that he captured on film the spectacular and overwhelming quality of these greatest of Asian waterways. That he secretly filmed some of the very dams the Chinese were building on these rivers, provides the documentary the extra seal of authenticity, as it were. I may be getting a little picky here but the film seems to slow down a bit when it moves away from the rivers and goes into a general discussion on the Chinese presence in Tibet, and on Tibetan Buddhism and conservation. Nonetheless, Meltdown In Tibet is a very dramatic, informative and even entertaining film that strikes a powerful blow for the environmental and Free Tibet cause. Absolutely a must-see for Tibetans, supporters and friends.

—Jamyang Norbu, from his blog Shadow Tibet at www.jamyangnorbu.com

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[MsDhamma]

clean air, clean & enough water are above all for survival. none of humans can change this...if we are not able to stop the whole process of melting, Nature will give Its solution....."Nature will obviously survive, i am not sure, the humans will, too.." Cousteau

[456inthemix]

Water: More Important than Oil

Water is becoming increasingly important and scarce, particularly clean water. It is not only a primary resource, needed for living, but also a managed resource.

When you get right down to it. Water is cheap. And when you think about its value, it is more important than oil.

[456inthemix]

How many countries do you know which are major economic forces and have few water resources?

Why aren’t pipelines composed of an inner (oil) section and an outer (water) section so they can transport both resources within one pipeline?

Lastly, why do we think there is an abundance of clean water available when there isn’t?

[456inthemix]

Facts:

An estimated 70 percent of China’s rivers are polluted, leaving an estimated 300 million people with limited access to clean water.

Almost half of the world’s population lives in the watersheds of the rivers whose sources lie on the Tibetan Plateau.

[456inthemix]

Scientists say glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are receding faster than in any other part of the world — if the rate continues, most will gone by 2035.

There are more than 1000 lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, including the world’s highest salt lake — Namtso (Nam Co).

Both sourced in the Tibetan Plateau, the Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River and the Yellow River serve roughly 520 million people in China.

The Yangtze River is the third-longest in the world, after the Amazon and the Nile.

[cheryklemish95]

made my day!!! thanks webmovietube

[Charaht]

You don't have to look any further than the dammimg of Mekong river by the Chinese. The Chinese essentially not only destroyed Tibet but Burma, Thailand, Laos and Vietname in term of economic impact. Forget about the environment impact altogether ......... the Chinese just does not care period!

[siver7272]

Thanks for this video!

[xinzang]

China is nothing without Tibet and it mountain region. I have seen this for myself, and yes, there is so much gold and other minerals in these mountains. Tibetan nomads can no longer have free yaks. This is a major problem.

[tadorjee]

Nice and great informative video!!!