The document discusses landscapes and ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau, including: 1) It provides maps showing ecoregions, wildlife habitats and distributions, and fences constructed in basins important for migrating Tibetan antelope. 2) It includes satellite images showing landscapes like sedge meadows preferred by wild yak and astronaut photographs of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. 3) It references the need for new perspectives on the Tibetan Plateau landscape and integrating scientific information with indigenous knowledge.

1. Searching for Grass and Water Rangeland Ecosystem Sustainability and Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau Daniel Miller

2. Map by Jay Hart

3. Map by C. Gay and D. Miller

4. NASA/Goddard Space Center, Scientific Visualization Studio

5. New views on how we “see” and interpret the Tibetan Plateau landscape are required.

6. Ecoregions of the Tibetan Plateau

11. Map: The World of Tibetan-Speaking Nomads Map by Daniel Miller and Charles Gay

12. Map by Jay Hart Aru Tso Phala Chang Tang Reserve Wild Yak Valley Qinghai Lake LHASA

15. Wild Yak Valley Large Format Camera (LFC) image Landsat Thematic Mapper image The bright orange colored areas in the Landsat image are Kobresia dominated sedge meadows, a preferred habitat of wild yak in the summer. N

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26. Lhasa Distribution of Tibetan antelope Adapted from Schaller, 1998

27. Landsat Thematic Mapper Image of the Wild Yak Valley N

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30. The Aru Basin catchment (black boundary), with Aru Lake (lower) and Memar Lake (uper) and 6,000 m Aru Mountains forming its western boundary. Fences constructed within the basin in 2006 and 2007 are shown as short lines or rectangles. The southern end of the basin is an important wintering and spring migration staging area for Tibetan antelop (oval), and the antelop migration routes through the basin are shown, with line thickness signifying importance. Courtesy of Dr. Joe Fox

33. This core of the earth This heart of the world Fenced round by snow The headland of all rivers Where the mountains are high and the land is pure. 9 th century document describing Tibet

34. Top: Landsat image December 18, 2000 Right: Astronaut photograph December 4, 1988

35. North is not always at the top! Astronaut photo of the Himalaya with Mustang, Nepal in the center. View is from over the Tibetan Plateau looking south.

36. Scientific information and indigenous knowledge