Going Where the Grass is Greener: China Kazaks and the Oralman immigration policy in Kazakhstan(.pdf)
[Pastorialism. 1(2). 2010]
The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan
(76 kb Adobe Acrobat PDF)
(76 kb Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Revolving Sheep Bank Project
The Rural Change Project
(Under Construction)
(Under Construction)
Tibetan Street Songs
(Under Construction)
(Under Construction)
Biodiversity Conservation and Pastoralism on the Northwest Tibetan Plateau: Coexistence or Conflict? [ JIATS, no. 4 (December 2008), THL #T5558, 21 pp]
Tibetan antelope and new rangeland management activities in and around the Aru Basin, Chang Tang Nature Reserve (.pdf) [Report to the Tibet Autonomous Region Forestry Bureau. 5 February 2008. pp.1-13.]
Change and Continuity in Nomadic Pastoralism on the Western Tibetan Plateau
[Nomadic Peoples. 28: 105-23, 1991.]
The Remote World of Tibet's Nomads
[National Geographic Magazine. June, 1989.]
The Impact of China's Reform Policy on the Nomads of Western Tibet
[Asian Survey. 29(6): 619-41, 1989.]
Online Book: Nomads of Western Tibet
[University of California Press, 1990.] (Under Construction)
Traditional Nomadic Pastoralism and Ecological Conservation on Tibet's Northern Plateau
[National Geographic Research. 6(2): 139-56, 1990.]
Nomads Without Pastures? Globalization, Regionalization, and Livelihood Security of Nomads and Former Nomads in Northern Khams
[JIATS, no. 4 (December 2008), THL #T5570, 40 pp.]
Rangeland Degradation and Restoration Management in China (.pdf)
[The Rangeland Journal. 30, 233–239. 2008]
Market forces in Northwest China: Ecological constraints, government policies, and the concept of wealth (.pdf) [2004 Mansfield Conference, The University of Montana, Missoula]
Wildlife Conservation on the Tibetan Plateau: Part of "Development?or "Anti-Development?
[ms. Sustainable Development in Tibet: Roundtable Symposium, May 8, 2001, Brandeis University.]
Rangeland Degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (.pdf) [Journal of Arid Environments, 10 July 2009, pp. 1-12]
Incentives Toward Conservation of Argali Ovis Ammon: A Case Study of Trophy Hunting in Western
China (.pdf) [Oryx. 36 (4): 2002.]
The Clash Over State and Collective Property: The Making of the Rangeland Law (.pdf)
[The China Quarterly. 161: 240-263, 2002.]
Pastures in South and Central Tibet (China) II: Probable Causes of Pasture Degradation (.pdf)
[Die Bodenkultur. 52(1) 2001. p37-44]
Modernization Efforts in Golog: A Chronicle, 1970-2000 (.pdf)
[In Amdo Tibetans in Transition: Society and Culture in the Post-Mao Era. Edited by Toni Huber. 2: 241-67, 2002.]
Antelope Hunting in Northern Tibet: Cultural Adaptations to Wildlife Behaviour (.pdf)
[Memoire della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Milano. Edited by A. Boesi and F. Cardi: 5-17, 2004.]
Territorial Control by "Sealing": A Religio-Political Practice in Tibet (.pdf)
[ZAS 33. 2004.]
Traditional Environmental Protectionism in Tibet
[The Tibet Journal. 1991.]
Green Tibetans: A Brief Social History (.pdf)
[Tibetan Culture in the Diaspora. Edited by F. J. Korom: 103-119, 1997.]
The Chase and the Dharma: The Legal Protection of Wild animals in Pre-modern Tibet (.pdf)
[Wild Animals in Asia. Cultural Prespectives. Edited by John Knight: 36-55, 2004.]
SEE: Rinzin Thargyal below
Meteorological Knowledge and Environmental Ideas in Traditional and Modern Societies: The Case of Tibet (.pdf)
[Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, new series 3,3: 577-598, 1997.]
Adjacent nesting by Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus and Himalayan Griffon Vulture Gyps
himalayensis on the Tibetan Plateau, China.(.pdf)
[ Forktail 20: 94-96. 2004.]
Experimental Warming, Not Grazing, Decreases Rangeland Quality on Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)
[Ecological Applications. 17(2): 541-557. 2007.]
Experimental Warming Causes Large and Rapid Species Loss, Dampened by Simulated Grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)
[Ecology Letters 7(12): 1170-1179. 2004]
China's Western Development Program: It's Rationale, Implementation and Prospects (.pdf)
[Modern China. 28(4): 432-466. 2002.]
Reconstructing Tradition: Persistence and Change in Golog Social Structure
[Manuscript.]
From Nomads to Ranchers: Managing Pasture Among Ethnic Tibetans in Sichuan
[G.E. Clarke (ed.)
Development, Society and Environment in Tibet, Papers Presented at the Panel of
the 7th Seminar Intern. Assoc. for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Graz 1995. Proc. 7th
Seminar IATS, vol.5, Vienna, 69-76]
Common Tree Growth Anomalies Over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau During the Last Six Centuries: Implications for Regional Moisture Change. (.pdf)
[Global Change Biology. 14, 2096–2107. 2008]
Climactic Warming in the Tibetan Plateau During Recent Decades (.pdf)
[International Journal of Climatology 20: 1729–1742. 2000]
Response and Dendroclimatic Implications of C-13 in Tree Rings to Increasing Drought on the
Northeastern Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)
[Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 113, 2008]
The Development of Animal Husbandry on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
[G.E. Clarke (ed.)
Development, Society and Environment in Tibet, Papers Presented at the Panel of
the 7th Seminar Intern. Assoc. for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Graz 1995. Proc. 7th
Seminar IATS, vol.5, Vienna, 77-78]
Eco-immigration Policy for the Degraded Rangeland and Responses of Herd Family in the Source Region of Yellow River - Case Study Based on Household Investigation in Maduo County (.pdf)
[Progress in Geography. Vol. 27 No. 3. May 2008]
Sedentarization of Tibetan Nomads (.pdf)
[Conservation Biology.
Volume 23, No. 5, 2009]
Changes in Local Administration and Their Impact on Community Life in the Grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China (.pdf)
[China Report, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Oct-Dec. 2003), pp. 459-476. ]
Changes of Nomadic Patterns and Steppe Grassland Ecosystem in Inner Mongolia (.pdf)
[Nature Architecture Diversity. 1998, pp.318-353.]
Economic Patterns of the Tibet Autonomous Region
[G.E. Clarke (ed.)
Development, Society and Environment in Tibet, Papers Presented at the Panel of
the 7th Seminar Intern. Assoc. for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Graz 1995. Proc. 7th
Seminar IATS, vol.5, Vienna, 167-187]
Decline and Re-emergence of Nomadism: Tibetan Pastoralists Revive a Nomadic Way of Life and Production
[GeoJournal. 53: 173-82, 2001.]
Revival of a Nomadic Lifestyle: A Survival Strategy For Dzam Thang's Pastoralists
[Amdo Tibetans in Transition: Society and Culture in the Post-Mao Era. Edited by Toni Huber. 2: 271-89, 2002.]
The Black Tent in Its Easternmost Distribution: The Case of the Tibetan Plateau
[Mountain Research and Development. 21(2): 154-60, 2001.]
Life and Economic Patterns of Nomads on the Eastern Tibet Plateau: 'Brog Pa and Sa Ma 'Brog in 'Dzam Thang
[G.E. Clarke (ed.)
Development, Society and Environment in Tibet, Papers Presented at the Panel of
the 7th Seminar Intern. Assoc. for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Graz 1995. Proc. 7th
Seminar IATS, vol.5, Vienna, 59-67]
Himalayan Herding is Alive and Well: The Economics of Pastoralism in Langtang Valley (.pdf)
[Nomadic Peoples. 8(2): 109-124. 2004.]
How old is Pastoralism in Tibet? An Ecologival Approach to the Making of a Tibetan Landscape (.pdf)
[Elsevier, Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Pa;eoecology, 1 March 2009, 130-147]
Snowstorms, Restocking, and Settling Nomads on the Tibetan Plateau in Western China
[Forthcoming In "Restocking: Current Perspectives". Edited by C. Heffernan. England: Reading
University.] (under construction)
Tibetan Pastoralism: Hard Times on the Plateau
[TSIN October 1998.]
Restocking and Pastoral Development Among Tibetan Nomads After a Severe Winter On The Tibetan
Plateau In Western China (.pdf)
[China Development Brief Vol. 1 No. 2: 1998.]
Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau Rangelands in Western China Part Two: Pastoral Production
Practices (.pdf)
[Rangelands. 21(1): 16-19, 1999.]
Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau Rangelands in Western China -- Part Three: Pastoral Development and Future Challenges (.pdf)
[Rangelands 21(2): 17-20, 1999.]
Herders of Forty Centuries: Nomads of Tibetan Rangelands In Western China (.pdf)
[VIth International Rangeland Congress Proceedings Vol. 1: 402-403, 1999.]
Tough Times for Tibetan nomads in Western China: Traditional Nomadic Pastoralism
[Nomadic Peoples. 4(1): 83-109, 2000.]
Looking Back to Move Ahead: Integrating Indigenous Nomadic Knowledge into the Modern Range Profession in China (.pdf)
[Presentation at the Society for Range Management's Annual Meeting: 2001.]
Poverty Among Tibetan Nomads in Western China: Profiles of Poverty and Strategies for Poverty Reduction
[Paper Prepared for the Tibet Development Symposium: Brandeis University. May 4-6, 2001.]
The Importance of China's Nomads
[Rangelands. 24(1): 22-24, 2002.]
Arid Land Development in China: Crisis on the Steppes (.pdf)
[Manuscript]
Tibet Environmental Analysis for USAID Program (.pdf)
[2003.]
The World of Tibetan Nomads (.pdf)
[2007.]
Nomadic People, Vol.12, Issue 2, 2008, pp. 103-115.
Nomadic Pastoralism in the Aru Basin of Tibet's Chang Tang (.pdf)
[Rangifer. Special Issue 15: 39-46, 2004.]
Hoofs on the Roof: Pastoral livelihood on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The case of Chengduo county, Yushu prefecture. (.pdf)
[ASIA: 2004.]
The Decades of Rural Reform in China: An Overview and Assessment (.pdf)
[The China Quarterly. 159: 616-628. 1999.]
Agriculture in the Main Lhasa Valley
[G.E. Clarke (ed.)
Development, Society and Environment in Tibet, Papers Presented at the Panel of
the 7th Seminar Intern. Assoc. for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Graz 1995. Proc. 7th
Seminar IATS, vol.5, Vienna, 121-151]
Variations in Vegetation Net Primary Production in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China, From 1982-1999 (.pdf)
[2005. More publishing information coming soon.]
Feuding, Mediation and the Negotiation of Authority among the Nomads of Eastern Tibet (.pdf)
[Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, 2005.]
[Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, 2005.]
Segmentation within the State: The Reconfiguration of Tibetan Tribes in China's Reform Period (.pdf)
[Nomadic Peoples. Vol. 9 N. 1:83-102, 2005.]
Legal Complexity on the Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)
[Journal of Legal Pluralism. Vol. 53/54: 77-100, 2006.]
Rapid Decrease of Mass Balance Observed in the Xiao (Lesser) Dongkemadi Glacier, in the Central
Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)
[Hydrological Processes. 22, 2953– 2958. 2008]
The Paradox of the Individual Responsibility System in the Grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau,
China (.pdf)
[USDA Forest Service Proceedings, RMRS-P-39, 2006.]
Tibetan land use and change near Khawa Karpo, Eastern Himalayas (.pdf)
[Economic Biology, 59 (4) pp. 312-325, 2005.]
Distribution, Status, and Conservation of Wild Yak (.pdf)
[Biological Conservation. 76(1): 1-8. 1996.]
The Reforms Revisited: Grain Procurement in Tibet
[G.E. Clarke (ed.)
Development, Society and Environment in Tibet, Papers Presented at the Panel of
the 7th Seminar Intern. Assoc. for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Graz 1995. Proc. 7th
Seminar IATS, vol.5, Vienna, 152-165]
Transformation of Traditional Pastoral Livestock Systems on the Tibetan Steppe (.pdf)
[Secheresse. 17(1-2): 142-151. 2006.]
The Balance between Yaks and Pastures and its Implications for the Local Nomadic Families: A case study from Long Deng Township, Sichuan Province, China
[MA Thesis, Agricultural University of Norway, Dec. 2003.]
Policy Review and Formulation in China's GIPS: Poverty Reduction in Grassland Improvement Policy [Research Center for Rural Economy. ADB TA NO. 4308-PRC.]
Political Dynamics of China's Northwest (.pdf) [1944.]
[Himalaya. XXX (1-2): 9-23, 2010.]
[Himalaya. XXX (1-2): 79-91, 2010.]
A Survey of the Mineral Status of Livestock in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China (.pdf) [2005.]
Nomads of Eastern Tibet: Social Organization and Economy of a Pastoral Estate in the Kingdom of Dege. [Leiden, Brill, 2007.]
The Impact of Grassland Privatization on the Grassland Ecosystem and Livestock Productivity in Gyonri, Qinghai Province, China. [MA Thesis. Miriam College, Manila, Philippines, 2008]
The Mushrooming Fungi Market in Tibet Exemplified by Cordyceps sinensis and Tricholoma matsutake (.pdf)
[JIATS (Journal of the International Association of Tibet Studies). Special Issue. Guest eds. Ken Bauer, Geoff Childs, Andrew Fischer, and Daniel Winkler. "In the Shadow of the Leaping Dragon: Demography, Development, and the Environment in Tibetan Areas." Issue 4. December 2008]
Deforestation in Eastern Tibet: Human Impact Past and Present
[G.E. Clarke (ed.)
Development, Society and Environment in Tibet, Papers Presented at the Panel of
the 7th Seminar Intern. Assoc. for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Graz 1995. Proc. 7th
Seminar IATS, vol.5, Vienna, 79-96]
The Poverty Challenge for China in the New Millennium (.pdf) [2004.]
Indigenous Knowledge of Yak Breeding and Cross-breeding Among Nomads in Western Sichuan,
China
[Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor. 6(1): 7-9, 1998.]
Indigenous Knowledge of Sustainable Approaches for the Maintenance of Biodiversity in Nomadic
Society: Experiences from the Eastern Tibetan Plateau
[Die Erde. 128: 67-80, 1997.]
The Privatization Process of Rangeland and its Impacts on the Pastoral Dynamics in the Hindu-Kush
Himalaya: The Case of Western Sichuan, China
[Vlth International Rangeland Congress Proceedings. 1: 14-21.]
Reform (.pdf)
[Band 56: 2-14, 2002.]
Collective Management of Improved Forage in Zhongdian County, Deqin, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest Yunnan, P.R. China (.pdf) [2002.]
[EcoHealth 5, 104-114, 2008 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0173-1]
[American Society of Animal Science. 83: 1908-1913. 2005.]
Tibetan Range Wars: Spatial Politics and Authority on the Grasslands of Amdo (.pdf)
[Development and Change Vol. 34 N. 3: 499-523, 2003.]
Property Relations in Tibet Since Decollectivization and the Question of Fuzziness (.pdf)
[Conservation and Society, 2,1: 107-131, 2004.]
Green Governmentality and Pastoralism in Western China: 'Converting Pastures to Grasslands.'
[Nomadic Peoples. Volume 9(1): 9-29]
A Probe into the Pastoral Production System in Hongyuan, Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)
[Yak Production in The Central Asian Highlands: Proceedings of the Third International Congress on
Yak Held in Lhasa, P.R. China, September 4-9, 2000.]
A Review of Rangeland Privatisation and its Implications in the Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)
[Nomadic Peoples. 9(1&2): 31-51. 2005.]
Rangeland Privatization and Its Impacts on the Zoige Wetlands on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)
[Journal of Mountain Science. 2(2): 105-115. 2005.]
Changes in Livestock Migration Patterns in a Tibetan-style Agropastoral System (.pdf)
[Mountain Research and Development. 27(2): 138-145. 2007.]
