the India-based department of information and international relations of the Central Tibetan Administration recently released the report Tibet 2000: Environment and Development Issues in Himachal Pradesh.

Writing on the importance of saving Tibet's environment, Kalon T C Tethong, minister, department of information of the Tibetan government-in-exile, says "Scientists have shown that the environment of the Tibetan plateau affects the global jet streams that blow over it. This in turn causes Pacific typhoons and the El Ni