Rangelands of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau (QTP), although sparsely populated and
contributing little to China's overall economy, play an important environmental role …

This paper reviews changes in grassland property rights and measures the efficiency of
livestock grazing on China's Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, where there is an extensive nomadic …

The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) of the Qinghai–Xizang (Tibetan) plateau, People's
Republic of China, has been considered a pest because it putatively competes with native …

Very little is known about the issue of wildlife conservation within China. Even China
specialists get a meager ration of stories about pandas giving birth in zoos, or poachers in …

There is much debate about the relative roles of poultry movements and wild bird
movements in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. This article looks at …

The issue of achieving sustainable livelihoods (SL) is a persistent problem that has gained
significant interest for all countries. Even though contexts of vulnerability have been …

Tibetan brown bears (Ursus arctos pruinosus) are rare across most of the Tibetan Plateau
(Schaller 1998, Harris 2008). Yet, contacts between bears and local herders are increasing …

Equus kiang Moorcroft, 1841, is an equid commonly called the kiang or Tibetan wild ass and
is the only equid living on the Tibetan Plateau. It is the largest of the wild asses, with a …

Background Pastoralists have long inhabited vast areas of western China, including the
Tibetan Plateau region. Their traditional land use practices and cultural conservation ethic …

Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae), burrowing lagomorphs endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan
Plateau (QTP), are considered pests by Chinese authorities because of their association …