Report warns China’s military expansion in Tibet threatens Himalayan ecology, water security, and regional stability

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Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India] August 20 (ANI): China’s military growth in Tibet is inflicting significant harm on the delicate Himalayan environment and poses risks to regional climate and water security, as highlighted in a fresh report released on Monday by the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), according to Phayul.

The report, titled “The Ecological Cost of Security: Military Development and Environmental Change in Tibet," cautions that the swift militarisation of the Tibetan Plateau, which contains Asia’s largest reserves of glaciers and permafrost, has initiated environmental alterations with impacts that reach well beyond the immediate vicinity of military bases and facilities. ISDP warns that these changes endanger both local biodiversity and water security for populations downstream in South and Southeast Asia, as reported by Phayul.

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