Here is the most comprehensive photography to date of a little-known and seldom-visited land whose area equals western Europe. The beauty and diversity of Tibet is staggering: from Mount Everest to the world's deepest gorge, from tropical jungles to arctic-like tundra, from trees twenty feet in diameter to vast herds and solitary specimens of some of the least-known animals of the planet. Certain photographs, such as those of a newborn Tibetan antelope or the elusive red ghoral, are among the first ever taken of these subjects. This book brings American, Tibetan, and Chinese scholarship to bear on the natural history of Tibet, and it also describes an extraordinary conservation accomplishment that has gone virtually unnoticed by the outside world. Where else has 40 percent of the land been set aside in nature preserves in twenty years? As a result of this effort, the animals and landscapes shown here will be saved for future generations.
Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation, Robert L. Fleming Jr., Dorje Tsering & Liu Wulin, W. W. Norton & Company, Hardcover, 2007, 205 Pages, $49.95

Robert L. Fleming Jr. is professor of equity and empowerment at Future Generations and a leading Himalayan natural historian. Dorje Tsering is a scholar who has dedicated his professional life to improving conditions for the people of the Tibet Autonomous Region. As the senior leader of the Tibet Autonomous Region Department of Science and Technology, he is taking an active role in shaping the Four Great Rivers Ecological Environment Protection Plan, an area the size of Italy in eastern Tibet. Liu Wulin has been conducting research and field-work in the Tibet Autonomous Region for twenty years and is the author of several books on the wildlife and landscape of this vast region.

	Contents: Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation
	The Tibetan Plateau: An Introduction	9
1	Ferns & Firs: The Wet Southeast	15
2	Lhasa, Qomolangma, & Sand Dunes: The South	29
3	Gorse, Geese, & Kailash: The Far West	39
4	Wild Yaks & Turquoise Lakes: The North	51
5	Gorges & Spruces: The East	63
6	Rivers, Weather, Biomes, & Birds	75
7	Topography & Seasons	89
8	Conservation Paths of the Tibetan Plateau	101
	Index	118
	Acknowledgments	120