Tibet authorities call for more pollution prevention

Updated: Mar 18, 2019 chinadaily.com.cn Print

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Nomads in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region's mountainous area offer pilgrims yak and horse rides to help them with their trips. The primitive transportation method remains the key way for locals to commute and is believed to cause little harm to nature. [Photo by Palden Nyima/China Daily]

According to department head Norgyal, local government invested more than 10 billion yuan in ecological construction projects in 2018.

Tibetcreated up to 50,000 new jobs related to environmental protection for rural residents in 2018.

The annual ecological subsidy paid to residents who agree to convert their farmland to forest or grassland and conduct ecology patrols was raised to 3,500 yuan ($518) per capita last year, according to Xinhua News Agency.

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