Nurturing Knowledge: Medicinal Plants in the Pamir Mountains of Afghanistan and Tajikistan
Medicinal plants are integral components of health care systems throughout the world. The use of medicinal plants requires sophisticated knowledge about their use and conservation. This case study focuses on ...
Agroforestry in Northwest Yunnan
In 1998, China witnessed one of the largest floods in history along the Yangtze River; 14,000,000 people were displaced, 25,000,000 hectares of agricultural lands were lost, and thousands of people ...
The Death of Ecotourism in Jisha, China
Ecotourism has been touted as one of the most promising mechanisms to protect natural areas while producing income for local people. This was not the case in Jisha, China. This ...
Saving the Giant Ibis in Cambodia
In 2001 one of the rarest birds in SE Asia, the Giant Ibis, was photographed by a camera trap in Cambodia. Its existence had not been confirmed in over 50 ...
Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Bhutan
The Kingdom of Bhutan is located between India and China in South Asia. Bhutan is one of the most isolated and least developed countries in the world. Foreign influences are ...
PES in Lijiang, China
The city of Lijian, in southwestern China near the border of Tibet, has become an incredibly popular tourist destination with over 20,000 tourists per day. However, the growth in tourism ...
Sustainable Alpine Rangeland Management, China
For decades, scientists in China have been researching alpine grassland degradation on the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau, a 2.5 square kilometer area that spans China’s most western provinces, including Tibet, Qinghai, ...
Conserving the Miyun Watershed, China
With a rapidly increasing population and rising resource demands, Beijing has faced a water crisis for over a decade. Roughly 70% of Beijing’s drinking water comes from the Miyun Reservoir. ...
