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Published Articles
Below are links to articles relevant to the following topics: Health, Education, Economic Development, Conservation, Habitats, Wildlife, Development, Climate,and Other. In some cases other organizations or institutions have collected substantial numbers of articles on specific topics or species and the links to those collections as a whole are given rather than to individual articles.
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HEALTH
- Nutritional and health status of Tibetan children living at high altitudes
In Tibetan children, severe stunting due to malnutrition occurs early in life, and morbidity is high.
by Nancy S. Harris et al., 2001 (New England Journal of Medicine) - Privatization and its discontents: The evolving Chinese health care system
The recent history of China’s health care system – 1950 to 2002 and the government response.
by David Blumenthal & William Hsiao, 2005 (New England Journal of Medicine)
CONSERVATION
- Pilot analysis of global ecosystems: Grassland ecosystems
Warns that the world’s grasslands have declined in their extent and condition, as well as their ability to support human, plant, and animal life.
By Robin P. White, Siobhan Murray & Mark Rohweder, 2000 (World Resource Institute) - Sustainable management of alpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau: Problems overlooks and suggestions for change
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by Wang Xiuhong & Fu Xiaofeng, 2004 (Ambio – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) - Grassland management and views of nature in China since 1949
Surveys grassland management in China during the socialist period, examining state policies and local practices as well as views of nature underlying both.
Keywords: Grassland; Views of nature; State; Local; China-Inner Mongolia
by Hong Jiang, 2005 (GeoForum) - Life on the steppes: The importance of Pikas as a keystone species on the Tibetan Plateau
A keystone species is one that, if lost, will lead to a cascading effect of reduced biodiversity and interfere with the proper functioning of an ecosystem. The Plateau Pika is a keystone species because… [NEEDS NEW DESCRIPTION]
by Andrew T. Smith and J. Marc Foggin, 1996. - Biodiversity and Protected Areas in China
Country Profile on ‘Protected Areas’ and ‘Number and Status of Species’ in China
by Earthtrends, 2003 (World Resources Institute) - Indigenous and local communities and Protected Areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation
Guidance of policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas.
by Adrian Phillips (editor), 2004 (World Commission on Protected Areas) - Forging links between Protected Areas and the tourism sector: How tourism can benefit conservation
Manual to address the preservation of biodiversity through increased cooperation between managers of protected areas and the tourism industry.
by Amy Sweeting (editor), 2005 (United Nations Environment Programme) - The long-range forecast
As the climate warms up, the melting glaciers of the Himalaya are threatening the livelihoods of millions.
News feature: David Cyranoski reports. (Nature, Vol. 438, 17 Nov 2005) - Ecosystem Services: Benefits supplied to human societies by natural ecosystems
Discusses ecosystem services, current impacts, implications of compromised services, and possible paths forward for mitigation.
by Gretchen C. Daily et al., 1997 (Ecological Society of America)
DEVELOPMENT
- Extensive pastoral livestock systems: Issues and options for the future
Outlines the systems context, technology options, and policies and issues affecting the use of extensive grazing in rangelands for livestock production.
2000 (FAO – Japan Cooperative Project “Collection of Information on Animal Production and Health”) - Grassland resource assessment for pastoral systems
Presents an approach to integrated pastoral resource assessment and the need for a more complete and realistic understanding of grassland-based livestock production systems, their limitations and dynamics.
by Peter S. Harris, 2000 (FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 162) - Yak production in Central Asian highlands: Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Yak
Explores multidisciplinary aspects and approaches to sustainable yak production on the high altitude rangelands of Central Asia.
September 2000 - Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): China’s Progress 2003
Examines China’s progress towards the MDGs, identifies the problems and shortfalls and puts forth suggestions for the way forward.
by the United Nations Country Team in China, 2004 - The Potential for Rangeland Development in Yak Rearing Areas of the Tibetan Plateau1
Keywords: landscape heterogeneity, pastoral friendly policies, privatisation, subsistence economy, tenure
by Camille Richards, 2000 (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development)
CLIMATE
- Tree-Trunk Tombs Tell Tales of Temperatures Past
A 2,326-year tree-ring record of climate variability on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
by Zhang, Q.-B., Cheng, G., Yao, T., Kang, X. and Huang, J. 2003. Geophysical Research Letters 30: 10.1029/2003GL017425.
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- Chang, D.H.S. 1981. The Vegetation Zonation of the Tibetan Plateau. Mountain Research and Development 1(1): 29-48.
- MacKinnon, J., M. Sha, C. Cheung, G. Carey, Z. Xiang, and D. Melville. 1996. A biodiversity review of China. Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) International, Hong Kong.
- Modeling gross primary production of alpine ecosystems in the Tibetan Plateau using MODIS images and climate data
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Zhengquan Li, Guirui Yu, Xiangming Xiao. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2007. Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, CAS <http://english.igsnrr.ac.cn/>, accessed April 17, 2009.
PDF (899.00K) - Land use and soil erosion in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River: some socio-economic considerations on China’s Grain-for-green Programme
H.L. LONG, G.K. HEILIG, J. WANG etc. Land Degradation & Development, 2006: Electronic document from Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, CAS <http://english.igsnrr.ac.cn/>, accessed April 17, 2009. PDF (886.00K) - Climatic change on the Tibetan Plateau: potential evapotranspiration trends from 1961–2000
CHEN SHENBIN, LIU YUNFENG and AXEL THOMAS. Climatic Change, 2006
PDF (582.00K) - Diurnal and seasonal variability of soil CO2 efflux in a cropland ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau
Pei-Li Shi, Xian-Zhou Zhang, Zhi-Ming Zhong etc. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2006
PDF (534.00K) - Large-Scale Hydroelectric Projects and Mountain Development on the Upper Yangtze River
Yao Yonghui, Zhang Baiping, Ma Xiaoding etc. Mountain Research and Development, 2006
PDF (1231.00K) - China’s changing landscape during the 1990s: Large-scale land transformations estimated with satellite data
Jiyuan Liu, Hanqin Tian, Mingliang Liu etc. Geophysical Research Letters, 2005
PDF (149.00K) - Urbanization and De-urbanization in Mountain Regions of China
Zhang Baiping, Mo Shenguo, Tan Ya etc. Mountain Research and Development, 2004
PDF (525.00K) - Assessment of grassland degradation near Lake Qinghai, West China, using Landsat TM and in situ reflectance spectra data
Y. LIU, Y. ZHA, J. GAO etc. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 2004
PDF (584.00K) - Grain for Green versus Grain: Conflict between Food Security and Conservation Set-Aside in China
ZHIGANG XU, JINTAO XU, XIANGZHENG DENG etc. World Development, 2005
PDF (336.00K) - A test of the growth-limitation theory for alpine tree line formation in evergreen and deciduous taxa of the eastern Himalayas
Peili. Shi, C. Korner and G. Hoch. Functional Ecology,2008
PDF (288.00K) - Broken Link
Land use change and its driving forces on the Tibetan Plateau during 1990–2000
Xiuhong Wang, Du Zheng, Yuancun Shen. Catena, 2007
PDF (1694.00K) - Implications for Development of Grain-for-Green Policy Based on Cropland Suitability Evaluation in Desertification-affected North China
PDF (233.00K) - Land use and soil erosion in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River: some socio-economic considerations on China’s Grain-for-green Programme
PDF (886.00K)