Tibet's Resources Belong to Tibetans:
STOP Mining Tibet!
Links
Here’s a list of useful links for more information regarding the problems associated with mining in Tibet.
Who Own’s Tibet’s Gold: Australia Tibet Council’s report on SinoGold, the first Australian mining firm to attempt to establish mine operations in Tibet.
Media coverage of Sino Gold’s Pull out From Tibet.
Dirty Metals: Mining, communities and the environment, a report by Earthworks and Oxfam International outlining the social, environmental and economic costs of gold mining in particular.
More information on the environmental implication of gold mining.
Raiding the Treasure House: Oil and Mineral Extraction in China’s Colonization of Tibet, a report by The Milarepa Fund and Project Underground. Provides an excellent overview of the social and environmental impacts of politically motivated development in Tibet.
Tarnishing the Earth’s Gold: Gold mining’s Dirty Secret, published by Environmental Health Perspectives.