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Yak pastoralism



Publications

To adapt to a changing climate, Kyrgyzstan revives its nomadic past (Ariel Sophia Bardi, 2018)

Environmental Conservation in the Tibetan Plateau region: Lessons for China’s Belt & Road Initiative in the Mountains of Central Asia (Foggin 2018)

Sustainable Rangelands, Sustainable Pastoralism in Yak-Herding Areas of the Greater Tibetan Plateau (PowerPoint) (Foggin 2016)

Yak on the Move: Transboundary Challenges and Opportunities for Yak Raising… (online summary) (ICIMOD/ Wu Ning et al. 2016)

The yak, an essential element of the high altitude regions of Central Asia (Wiener 2013)

Transformation of high altitude livestock-keeping in China’s mountainous western periphery (Kreutzmann 2013)

Tibet’s Nomadic Pastoralists: Tradition, Transformation and Prospects (Isom 2011)

Depopulating the Tibetan Grasslands (Foggin 2008)

The World of Tibetan Nomads (Miller 2007)

The Yak, 2nd edition (FAO/ Wiener, Han & Long 2003)

Yak production in Central Asian highlands (ILRI 2000)

Yak keeping in High Asia (Kreutzmann 1996)

Yak keeping in Western High Asia (FAO/ Kreutzmann, undated)

Yak – New World Encyclopedia (undated)

Dictionary of Tibetan Pastoralism (download PDF) (Izumi Hoshi)

 

Organizations

The Last Dokpas of North Sikkim (Traditional Cultures Project)

kora – yak wool high performance clothing

World Yak Herders Association

 

Photo Essays

Walking with the last Wakhi shepherdesses of Pakistan (Shimshal Valley)

Nomadic Heart | by Kieran Dodds

The Third Pole | by Kieran Dodds

The Himalayan Yaks – A photo story

Drokpa: The Nomadic Mountain People of Tibet

Tibetan Nomads | Participatory video, 2005

Plateau Perspectives photography

Jesse Montes photography

Yak images (Getty Images)

Yak images (Pinterest)

 

Datasets

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