• 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 ...