• Modern wildlife conservation initiatives and the pastoralist/hunter nomads of northwestern Tibet. 

      Fox, Joseph L.; Yangzom, Drolma; Binrong, Xu; Mathiesen, Per; Næss, Marius W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2004)
      In 1993 the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China established the 300 000 km2 Chang Tang Nature Preserve on the northwestern Tibetan plateau, an action precipitated by rapidly diminishing populations of chiru (Tibetan antelope) and wild yak. Some 30 000 nomadic pastoralists use areas within this reserve for livestock grazing, with many having traditionally depended in part on hunting for ...
    • Nomadic pastoralism in the Aru basin of Tibet’s Chang Tang. 

      Lhagyal, Dondrup; Næss, Marius W.; Mathiesen, Per; Yangzom, Drolma; Fox, Joseph L.; Bårdsen, Bård J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2004)
      Nomadic pastoralists live at the northern extent of human habitation within the ca. 5000 m elevation Aru basin, in the nortwestern part of the Chang Tang Nature Preserve, Tibet. These nomads herd primarily sheep and goats, a lesser number of yaks, and a few horses. Goats are increasing in importance because of the value of cashmere wool in national and international markets. Although sheep wool ...