Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Tsering, T. (2008). The Green Primitives of the Himalayas Revisited. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2(4): 295-301.
Tsering, T. (2006). A Tibetan Perspective on Development and Globalization. Himalaya, 24(1&2), 43-50.
Commissioned Reports & Submissions
Tsering, T. (2005). Megoe Tso: Damming of Tibet’s Sacred Lake. Tibet Justice Center. (Submitted to the UN Economic and Social Council by the Geneva Office of Tibet. The report is also published on the website of the International Rivers Network: http://internationalrivers.org/files/megoetso.pdf )
Tsering, T. (2002). HydroLogic: Water for Human Development. An Analysis of China’s Water Management and Politics. Tibet 2002: Current Environment and Development Issues (Commissioned paper by the Tibet Justice Center, distributed at the 2nd World Conservation Congress, Jordan-Amman).
Other publications
Macleod, C., & Tsering, T. (2007). Conversations on Change: Looking through a Global Lens. The Reading Room: Metamorphosis, 2(3), 10-13.
Tsering, T. (2007). Ladakh Brings Back the Cloud Messenger (editorial). Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 5(1&2).
Tsering, T. (2006). A Tibetan Homes School Team Story. Tibetan World Magazine, 3(3).
Tsering, T. (2006). Stop Tibet’s Gold Rush in the International Market. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 4(2).
Tsering, T. (2006). Inchoate smoke signals from both sides of the Himalaya. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 4(1).
Tsering, T. (2005). Policy Implications of Current Dam Projects on Upper Yangtze. Tibetan Bulletin: the official English language journal of the Central Tibetan Administration, 9(1).
Tsering, T. (2005). Inviting Apocalypse: India to support China’s plans to harness the Brahmaputra River. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 3(5).
Tsering, T. (2005). Integrating Legitimate Tibetan Rights Into The ‘Yangtze Forum’. Tibetan World Magazine, 1(1).
Tsering, T. (2005). Conservation and Tibetan Pastoralist Culture Not Mutually Exclusive. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 3(1).
Tsering, T. (2005). Designing Modernization to Promote Traditional Tibetan Medicine. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 2(6).
Tsering, T. (2004). Mekong: Managing a Transboundary River. Sustainable Development Networking Programme of the United Nations Development Programme, http://www.sdnpbd.org/river_basin/transboundary/document/mekong.pdf.
Tsering, T. (2004). Save the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 2(5).
Tsering, T. (2004). China’s Laws and Renzonghai Lake Dam-ned. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 2(4).
Tsering, T. (2004). Preserving the Salween River’s Natural Heritage. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 2(3).
Tsering, T. (2004). Let the Brahmaputra Flow. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 2(1).
Tsering, T. (2003). Save Megoe Tso for Future Generations. Trin-Gyi-Pho-Nya, 1(3).
Tsering, T. (2003). China’s Water Politics: In Whose Interest? Master’s thesis, Portland State University. (The study has been published on the website of Global Greengrants-China, 2005, www.greengrants.org.cn/file/pub/inwhoseinterest.pdf).
Tsering, T. (2000). Riparian Cooperation: The Case of Mekong River. An abridged version of the paper was disseminated at the 2nd World Conservation Congress, Jordan, Amman.
Presentations
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Idaho State University, Boise, USA 2008. Environmental Protection in Tibet: Lessons from History.
South Asian Conference of the Pacific Northwest, University of British Columbia, 2008. Development and water management in arid regions of Western Himalaya: A case study of Spiti Valley.
Langara College, Vancouver, BC, 2008. Sacred Lakes and Headwaters of Asia's River Systems: Protecting Tibet's Water Resources. Invited lecturer for (co-sponsor) the Trans Himalayan Aid Society.
Green College Special Lecture Series, University of British Columbia, 2007. “The Land of the Gods“: Stories and Impressions from a Himalayan Buddhist Village. Invited Lecturer from the Principal of Green College.
Liu Institute for Global Issues and Centre for Chinese Research, University of British Columbia, 2007. Hydro Politics of Modern China. China Environment and Sustainability Series.
Trans Himalayan Aid Society, West Vancouver, BC, 2007. Water, Climate Warming and Rural Development in Spiti, India.
International Association of Ladakh Studies, Università di Roma, Rome, 2007. Wildlife versus livestock: dilemma of the pastoralists of Changthang. (Co-authored with T. Morup and T. Namgail.) Colloquium of the International Association for Ladakh Studies.
Canada Tibet Committee, Annual General Body Meeting keynote presentation, Victoria, BC, 2007. Current environment and development issues in Tibet.
Harvard University conference on Dialogue on Socio-economic issues of Contemporary Tibet between Tibetan and Chinese scholars, 2005. Policy Implications of Current Dam Projects on Upper Yangtze.
Central Tibetan Administration, Seminar on construction of dams and water diversion project in Tibet, 2005. Invited keynote lecture: Current Water Development Trends Inside Tibet.
World Conservation Congress, Bangkok, 2004. Water for Human Development panel discussion. Human Development Challenges of Chinese Water Development Projects in Tibet.
Bay Area Friends of Tibet, San Francisco, 2004. Environmental Protection: Bridging Tibet and China by ‘Low Politics’.
Portland State University, 2002. Johannesburg Summit: Rio +10 or Rio –10? Sustainability in Our Times: Views From the World Summit on Sustainable Development (panel discussion organized by the University’s Center for Academic Excellence).
Farmers Irrigation District, Hood River-Oregon (presentation to the scientists and staff of the organization), 1999. Buddhism, Holistic Thinking and Ecology.
