HCSS Centre for Strategic Studies

Water on the Tibetan Plateau

(06/06/09)

On 5 June, the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies convened a high-level roundtable on Water on the Tibetan Plateau: Ecological and Strategic Implications for the Region. This roundtable brought together water, environmental and security experts from Asia and Europe in the presence of the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1989. The roundtable was moderated by Isabel Hilton, former BBC correspondent and director of Chinadialogue.

Click here to view the outlines of the presentations given and the biographies of the participants.

Below you will find the video’s that were shown during the presentation about retreating glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau.

You can click on the names of the speakers Dr. Mishra and Dr. Ferwerda to view their presentation. The content of the presentation given by Dr. Chellaney can be read here.

Click on the title to read the HCSS report Water on the Tibetan Plateau – Ecological and Strategic Implications for the Region.

You can also read the speeches of HCSS director Rob de Wijk and HCSS deputy director Christa Meindersma.

To read the article by Saleem H. Ali, also present at the forum, click here.