phil borges

These are some of the remarkable people, who live in one of the most fragile environments on earth, and face rapid induction into the twenty-first century while trying to retain that which they hold most dear - their Tibetan Buddhist practice and culture.

The Tibetan Plateau is heating up twice as fast asthe global average. This climate change, along with recent unprecedented development on the plateau - roads, airports, dams and communication technology - is rapidly changing the lives of the deeply devotional nomads, monks, and farmers who have lived in Tibet for Centuries.

Yihun Lhatso Holy Lake  - Sichuan Province
Princess Wencheng Temple Kora - Qinghai Province
Dege Road - pilgrimage to Lhasa.
Degit -  Qinghai Province
Monk (name unknown) - Shigatse Prefecture
Tenzing Kelsang - Lhasa Prefecture
Karma - Lhasa Prefecture
Prayer flags under the Nyenchen Tanglha range.  Ts
Tashi Dolma and Tasang Dolma - Quinhai Province
Droga -  Lhasa Prefecture
Wanben  - Sichuan Province
Lobsan Tseten - Gansu Province
Pute and Tenba - Shigatse Prefecture
Trinley Dolkar  - Lhasa Prefecture
Tensin Yeshi - Shigatse Prefecture
Kaldon - Lhasa Prefecture
Kyiba     -     Shigatse Prefecture
Pemba - Lhasa Prefecture
Pute  - Ngari Province
Tsering - Qinghai Province

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