Are rangeland management policies inappropriate to biodiversity conservation on the western Tibetan Plateau,Tibet Autonomous Region,China ?
A substantial portion of the northwest Tibetan Plateau in China, known as the Chang Tang region, has been designated as nature reserves.At the same time grassland development policies, based on those in areas farther east in China, are now being introduced throughout the Tibetan Plateau, including within these nature reserves.With human and livestock populations having increased 3‐fold in this region since the early 1970s (Fig.1), pressures on the land are increasing.In 2005 policies associated with the.household responsibility contract system and a campaign to.return pasture to grassland were instituted on the northwest plateau,including the nature reserves.Rangeland carrying capacity has been determined, household winter grazing areas have been allocated and large‐scale fencing has begun.The effects of these actions on conservation goals is yet to be determined.
rangeland management grassland policy fencing wildlife conservation Tibetan Plateau Chang Tang Nature Reserve
J.L.Fox T.Dorji K.Dondhup
Department of Biology,Faculty of Science,University of T romsO,N-9037 T romsO,NorWAy joe Department of Plant Science and Technology,College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry,Tibet Univers T ibet Academy of agriculturaLand Animal Science,Jin Zhu Rd.No.130,L hasa,T ibet A utonomous Region,
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）