China | NP plans for Tibet to focus on Qomolangma (Mount Everest) and Changlang Plateau

China plans to build five national parks in the Tibet autonomous region that collectively have been named after the high-altitude region's nickname: the Earth's third pole.

The Third Pole National Parks are to be part of the nation's growing effort to protect the environment while improving locals' livelihoods by boosting ecotourism on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

http://www.ecns.cn/news/2019-03-12/detail-ifzffurh3760330.shtml

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