Revolving Sheep Bank Project
The Rural Change Project
(Under Construction)
Tibetan Street Songs
(Under Construction)



Bailey J.F., B. Healy, H. Jianlin, L. Sherchang, S.L. Pradhan, T. Tsendsuren, J.M. Foggin, C. Gaillard, D. Steane, I. Zakharov and D.G. Bradley

Genetic variation of mitochondrial DNA within domestic yak populations.

[Pp 181-189 in Jianlin H., C. Richard, O. Hannotte, C. McVeigh and J.E.O. Rege (eds). 2002. Yak productions in central Asian highlands. Proceedings of the third international congress on yak. Nairobi, Kenya: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). 572 pp.] (.pdf)

Banks, Tony

Property Rights Reform in Rangeland China: Dilemmas on the Road to the Household Ranch (.pdf)

[World Development. 31(12): 2129-2142. 2003.]

Banks, Tony; Richard, Camille.; Ping, Li; and Zhaoli, Yan

Barrett, Christopher B.

Rural Poverty Dynamics: Development Policy Implications (.pdf)
[2003.]

Bauer, Ken

Development and the Enclosure Movement in Pastoral Tibet Since the 1980s (.pdf)

[Nomadic Peoples.]

Common Property and Power: Insights from a Spatial Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Pasture Boundaries among Pastoralists in Central Tibet (.pdf)

[Journal of Political Ecology, 13, 2006.]

Beall, Cynthia M. , Melvyn C. Goldstein, & The Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences

Bedunah, Donald J. & Harris, Richard B.
Past, Present & Future: Rangelands in China (.pdf)
[Rangelands 24(4):17-22, 2002.]
Cincotta, Richard P.; Van Soest, Peter J.; Robertson, James B.; Beall, Cynthia M.; and Goldstein, Melvyn C.
Ekvall, Robert B.
Cultural Relations on the Kansu-Tibetan Border
[Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.]

Foggin, J.M.

Biodiversity protection and the search for sustainability in Tibetan plateau grasslands.
   [PhD dissertation. Arizona State University, Tempe, USA. 397 pp 2000.]

Building new partnerships for conservation and sustainable development in the Tibetan Plateau region: Recent experiences in the Yangtze River headwaters. (.pdf)
[Plenary paper presented at the First International Conference on Environment & Development in West China, sponsored by the China Association of Science & Technology (CAST), held in Xian, China, in May 2004. Xining, China: Plateau Perspectives.]

Depopulating the Tibetan grasslands: The role of national policies and perspectives for the future of Tibetan herders, Qinghai Province, China. (.pdf)
[Mountain Research and Development 28(1): 26-31.]

Foggin, J.M., Foggin, P.M., and Torrance, M.E.

Accessibility of Healthcare for Pastoralists in the Tibetan Plateau Region: A Case Study from Southern Quinghai Province, China.(.pdf)
[Inclusion and Harmony: Improving Mutual Understanding of Development In Minority Regions, Fifth International Convention of Asia Scholars, 2-5 August 2007.]   (Under Construction)

Foggin, J.M., and Smith, A.T.

Rangeland utilization and biodiversity on the alpine grasslands of Qinghai Province, People's

Republic of China; The use of regional and county-level datasets.

Pp. 247-258 in BWG/CCICED,

Conserving China's Biodiversity (II). Beijing, China: China Environmental Science Press. 2001.]

Foggina, Peter M.; Torrance, Marion E.; Dorjec, Drashi; Xuric, Wenzha; Foggin, J. Marc; and Torrance, Jane

Assessment of the Health Status and Risk Factors of Kham Tibetan Pastoralists in the Alpine Grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)

[Social Science and Medicine. 63 (2006): 2512–2532.]

Fox, Joseph L.; Mathiesen, Per; Yangzom, Drolma; Næss, Marius W.; and Binrong, Xu

Fox, Joseph L.; Yangzong, Ciren; Dunzhu, Gesang; Dorji, Tsechoe; and Richard, Camille

Biodiversity Conservation and Pastoralism in the Tibetan Chang Tang; coexistence or conflict? (.pdf) [In press: Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies.]

Fox, Joseph L.; Dhondup, Kelsang; and Dorji, Tsechoe

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.]

Fox, Joseph L. & Dorji, Tsechoe

Tibetan Antelope Traditional Hunting, its Relation to Antelope Migration, and its Rapid Transformation in the Western Chang Tang Nature Reserve (.pdf)

[University of Tromso & Tibet University]

Gao, Y.H.; Luo, P.; Wu, N.; Chen, H.; and Wang, G.X.

Grazing Intensity Impacts on Carbon Sequestration in an Alpine Meadow on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)

[Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. 3(6): 642-647. 2007.]

Gelek, Lobsang (Guest editor)

Nomads of Tibet: Anthropological Fieldwork Reports from China (.pdf components below) 
[Manuscripts, 2002.]

Goldstein, Melvyn C.

Nomads of Golok, a Report
[Manuscript, 1996.]

Tibetan Speaking Agro-Pastoralists of Limi: A Cultural Ecology Overview of High Altitude Adaptation in the Northwest Himalaya (.pdf)
[Objets Et Mondes. 14(4): 259-286, 1974.]

A Report on Limi Panchayat, Humla District, Karnali Zone (.pdf)
[Contributions to Nepalese Studies. Vol 2 No 2: 89-101, 1975.]

Change, Conflict and Continuity Among a Community of Nomadic Pastoralists (.pdf)

[Resistance and Reform in Tibet. London: Hurst & Co., 1994. pp.76-111.]

Goldstein, Melvyn C. & Beall, Cynthia M.

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 Repair]

Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Beall, Cynthia M.; and Cincotta, Richard P.

Traditional Nomadic Pastoralism and Ecological Conservation on Tibet's Northern Plateau
[National Geographic Research. 6(2): 139-56, 1990.]

Harris, Richard

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.]

Harris, Richard & Pletscher, David H.

Incentives Toward Conservation of Argali Ovis Ammon: A Case Study of Trophy Hunting in Western China (.pdf)
[Oryx. 36 (4): 2002.]

Hongyan, Xie; Richard, Camille; Jianchu, Xu; and Jianhua, Wang

Collective Management of Improved Forage in Zhongdian County, Deqin, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest Yunnan, P.R. China (.pdf)

[2002.]

Hongyuan, Song

Policy Review and Formulation in China's GIPS: Poverty Reduction in Grassland Improvement Policy [Research Center for Rural Economy. ADB TA NO. 4308-PRC.]

Horlemann, Bianca

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.]

Huber, Toni

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

Huber, Toni & Pederson, Poul

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.]

Katzner, T.E.; Lai, C.H.; Gardiner, J.D.; Foggin, J.M.; Pearson, D.; and Smith, A.T.

Adjacent nesting by Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus and Himalayan Griffon Vulture Gyps
  himalayensis
on the Tibetan Plateau, China.
(.pdf)

[ Forktail 20: 94-96. 2004.]

Klein, Julia A.; Harte, John; and Zhao, Xin-Quan

Experimental Warming, Not Grazing, Decreases Rangeland Quality on Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)

[Ecological Applications. 17(2): 541-557. 2007.]

Experimental Warming Cases Large and Rapid Species Loss, Dampened by Simulated Grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau
[Ecology Letters 7(12): 1170-1179]

Lai, H.H.

China's Western Development Program: It's Rationale, Implementation and Prospects (.pdf)

[Modern China. 28(4): 432-466. 2002.]

Levine, Nancy

Reconstructing Tradition: Persistence and Change in Golog Social Structure
[Manuscript.]

Manderscheid, Angela

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.]

McVeigh, Colleen

Himalayan Herding is Alive and Well: The Economics of Pastoralism in Langtang Valley (.pdf)

[Nomadic Peoples. 8(2): 109-124. 2004.]

Miller, Daniel

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.]

Home on the Range: The Demise of Tibetan Nomadic Pastoralism?
[Manuscript]

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.]

Miller, Daniel and Daniel Sheehy

The Relevance of Owen Lattimore's writings for Nomadic Pastoralism Research and Development in Inner Asia. Nomadic People, Vol.12, Issue 2, 2008, pp. 103-115.

Næss, Marius W.; Lhagyal, Dondrup; Yangzom, Drolma; Mathiesen, Per; Fox, Joseph L.; andBårdsen, Bård J.

Nomadic Pastoralism in the Aru Basin of Tibet's Chang Tang (.pdf)
[Rangifer. Special Issue 15: 39-46, 2004.]

Nori, Michele

Hoofs on the Roof: Pastoral livelihood on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The case of Chengduo county, Yushu prefecture. (.pdf)
[ASIA: 2004.]

Oi, J.C.

The Decades of Rural Reform in China: An Overview and Assessment (.pdf)

[The China Quarterly. 159: 616-628. 1999.]

Pirie, Fernanda

Feuding, Mediation and the Negotiation of Authority among the Nomads of Eastern Tibet (.pdf)
[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.]

Richard, Camille; Zhaoli, Yan; and Guizhan, Du

Salik, Jan; Yongping, Yang Yongping; and Amend, Anthony

Tibetan land use and change near Khawa Karpo, Eastern Himalayas (.pdf)

[Economic Biology, 59 (4) pp. 312-325, 2005.]

Schaller, G.B. & Wulin,Liu

Distribution, Status, and Conservation of Wild Yak (.pdf)

[Biological Conservation. 76(1): 1-8. 1996.]

Sheehey, Dennis P.; Miller, Daniel; and Johnson, Douglas A.

Transformation of Traditional Pastoral Livestock Systems on the Tibetan Steppe (.pdf)

[Secheresse. 17(1-2): 142-151. 2006.]

Shikui, Dong; Ruijun, Long; Zizhi, Hu; Luming, Ding; and Meiyong, Xu

Influence of Grazing Intensity on Performance of Perennial Grass Mixtures in the Alpine Region of the Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)

[New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 46: 175-183. 2003.]

Shikui, Dong; Long, Ruijun; and Kang, Muyi

Milking Performance of China Yak (Bos grunniens): A Preliminary Report (.pdf)

[African Journal of Agricultural Research. 2(3): 52-57. 2007.]

Skjervold, Marius & Johnsrud, Anders Bille

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.]

Strategic Services, Office of

Political Dynamics of China's Northwest (.pdf)

[1944.]

Tashi, Nyima; Xugang, Luo; Shunxiang, Yu; and Judson, Geoff

A Survey of the Mineral Status of Livestock in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China (.pdf)

[2005.]

Thargyal, Rinzin (edited by Toni Huber)

Woo,Wing Thye; Shi, Li; Ximing, Yue; Wu, Harry; and Xinpeng, Xu

The Poverty Challenge for China in the New Millennium (.pdf)

[2004.]

Wu, Ning

Man's Impacts on Biodiversity in Tibetan Nomadic Societies of Western Sichuan

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.]

Wu, Ning & Richard, Camille

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.]

Wu, Ning and Zhaoli,Yan

Climate Variability and Social Vulnerability on the Tibetan Plateau: Dilemmas on the Road to Pastoral Reform (.pdf)
[Band 56: 2-14, 2002.]

Xu, Jianchu et al

Understanding Land Use, Livelihoods, and Health Transitions among Tibetan Nomads: A Case from Gangga Township, Dingri County, Tibetan Autonomous Region of China  (.pdf)

[EcoHealth 5, 104–114, 2008  DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0173-1]

Xue, B.; Zhao, X. Q.; and Zhang, Y. S.

Seasonal Changes in Weight and Body Composition of Yak Grazing on Alpine-meadow
Grassland in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China
(.pdf)

[American Society of Animal Science. 83: 1908-1913. 2005.]

Yeh, Emily T.

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]

Zhaoli, Yan; Guangrong, L.; and Ning, Wu

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.]

Zhaoli, Yan; Ning, Wu; Dorji, Yeshi; and Jia, Ru

A Review of Rangeland Privatisation and its Implications in the Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)

[Nomadic Peoples. 9: 31-51. 2005.]

Zhaoli, Yan and Ning, Wu

Rangeland Privatization and Its Impacts on the Zoige Wetlands on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau (.pdf)

[Journal of Mountain Science. 2(2): 105-115. 2005.]