青藏高原地区环境保护与社区发展

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Putting People Last: Big conservation groups are failing even as they succeed, by Mark Dowie, 2005 (Orion)

Pilot analysis of global ecosystems: Grassland ecosystems, by Robin P. White, Siobhan Murray & Mark Rohweder, 2000 (World Resource Institute)

Grassland resource assessment for pastoral systems, by Peter S. Harris, 2000 (FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 162)

Extensive pastoral livestock systems: Issues and options for the future, 2000 (FAO - Japan Cooperative Project "Collection of Information on Animal Production and Health")

Stability of African pastoral ecosystems: Alternate paradigms and implications for development, by James E. Ellis & David M. Swift, 1988 (Journal of Range Management)

Sustainable management of alpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau: Problems overlooks and suggestions for change, by Wang Xiuhong & Fu Xiaofeng, 2004 (Ambio - Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)

Yak production in Central Asian highlands: Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Yak, 2000

The potential for rangeland development in yak rearing areas of the Tibetan Plateau, by Camille Richards, 2000 (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development)

Grassland management and views of nature in China since 1949, by Hong Jiang, 2005 (GeoForum)

Life on the steppes: The importance of pikas as a keystone species on the Tibetan Plateau

Ecosystem Services: Benefits supplied to human societies by natural ecosystems, by Gretchen C. Daily et al., 1997 (Ecological Society of America)

Biodiversity and Protected Areas in China, by Earthtrends, 2003 (World Resources Institute)

Indigenous and local communities and Protected Areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation, by Adrian Phillips (editor), 2004 (World Commission on Protected Areas)

Forging links between Protected Areas and the tourism sector: How tourism can benefit conservation, by Amy Sweeting (editor), 2005 (United Nations Environment Programme)

Nutritional and health status of Tibetan children living at high altitudes, by Nancy S. Harris et al., 2001 (New England Journal of Medicine)

Privatization and its discontents: The evolving Chinese health care system, by David Blumenthal & William Hsiao, 2005 (New England Journal of Medicine)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): China's Progress 2003, by the United Nations Country Team in China, 2004

News feature: The long-range forecast. The Himalayas, roof of the world, are spring a leak. As the climate warms up, melting glaciers are threatening the livelihoods of millions. David Cyranoski reports. (Nature, Vol. 438, 17 Nov 2005)

International NGOs working in Qinghai Province    (as of December 2005) **

Appropriate Technology Asia (ATA)

Mission: "...to find marginal and threatened populations in environmentally challenging situations in Asia and help them meet their basic needs for housing, household energy, safe water, food and good health. Seeking out the poorest and using participatory practice, we apply technology and knowledge that is appropriate and environment sustainable embedding skills in the communities with which we work."

Associazone Per La Solidarieta Internazionale In Asia (A.S.I.A)

Mission: "[To] promote a sustainable economical and social development of ethnic minorities in Asia."

Care for Children

Mission: "To relieve the hardship, distress and sickness of orphaned and abandoned children throughout the People's Republic of China, through the development of family-based care as an alternative to institutional care."

Children In Crisis

Mission: "To improve the lives of children around the world affected by conflict, deprivation, poverty, or other hidden crises, by working with local communities to provide education, healthcare and protection."

Christian Action

Mission: "To serve the needs and promote the welfare of the poor and disadvantaged with particular emphasis upon displaced persons through education, vocational training, health, social services and recreation."

Christian Blind Mission International

Mission: "CBM International is an independent aid organization of Christians, dedicated to serving eye patients, blind and otherwise disabled people in developing countries irrespective of nationality, race, gender or religion."

Conservation International

Mission: "To conserve the Earth's living natural heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature."

Damien Foundation

Mission: "To fight leprosy and tuberculosis worldwide; to alleviate poverty due to chronic diseases; to take action in places where there is a crying need; to work almost exclusively with the citizens of the concerned countries in a transparent, independent and efficient way; to inform, educate and convince, in order to increase donations and improve results mobilising all possible means."

Fauna and Flora International

Mission: "To conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, are based on sound science and take into account human needs."

Friends of China

Mission: "To promote education, social welfare, physical, mental, and spiritual health in China. To assist the development of all levels of education, the advancement of health and medical services in China."

Heifer Project International

Mission: ". . . To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth."

Hong Kong Women's Christian Council

Mission: "To establish a society of gender equality according to God's will."

International Fund for Animal Welfare

Mission: "To improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation of wild animals, protect wildlife habitats and assisting animals in distress."

Jian Hua Foundation Ltd

Mission: "[To] build China through cooperation in education, development, medical and social services, serving her peoples with compassion, integrity & expertise."

Medecins du Monde

Mission: "To provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations when they are faced with crisis or exclusion from society, the world over, including France."

Phelex Foundation

Mission: "To promote basic education for the financially, socially and physically disadvantaged, especially in poverty stricken areas in developing countries."

Plateau Perspectives

Mission: "To promote integrated community development and environmental protection in the Tibetan Plateau region of Western China."

Surmang Foundation

Mission: "enabling the right to survival, creating access to basic services, contributing to revitalization among the critically poor in Western China."

The Bridge Fund

Mission: "To promote sustainable economic development, cultural heritage preservation, and environmental conservation on the Tibetan Plateau. Our priority is to assist the most disadvantaged Tibetan communities, with a focus on nomadic and semi-nomadic populations that are vulnerable to economic and social transitions."

The Jane Goodall Institute (Roots & Shoots)

Mission: "The Jane Goodall Institute advances the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment of all living things."

The Seva Foundation

Mission: "Seva builds partnerships to respond to locally defined problems with culturally sustainable solutions."

Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund

Mission: "To identify and implement effective programs to reduce poverty in Tibetan rural and urban communities."

Trace Foundation

Mission: "[To] promote the cultural continuity and sustainable development of Tibetan communities within China . . . Improve the ability of local communities to meet their own needs . . . To integrate culture and development goals and bring about long-term social and environmental benefits"

Voluntary Service Overseas

Mission: "Our vision is a world without poverty in which people work together to fulfil their potential. We bring people together to share skills, creativity and learning to build a fairer world."

International NGOs working in Tibet Autonomous Region    (as of December 2005) **

Academy for Educational Development

Mission: "Solving critical social problems in the U.S. and throughout the world through education, social marketing, research, training, policy analysis, and innovative program design."

Associazone Per La Solidarieta Internazionale In Asia (A.S.I.A)

Mission: "To promote a sustainable economical and social development of ethnic minorities in Asia."

Australian Red Cross

Mission: "To be a leading humanitarian organisation in Australia, improving the lives of vulnerable people through services delivered and promotion of humanitarian laws and values."

Braille without Borders

Mission: "Integration and acceptance of blind people into/by their surrounding society."

Comunidad Humana

Mission: "Integrating poor and marginalised children into society, and providing them with care and family support."

Cyrus Tang Foundation

Mission: "To serve society, spreading care and empathy from generation to generation."

Damien Foundation

Mission: "To fight leprosy and tuberculosis worldwide; to alleviate poverty due to chronic diseases; to take action in places where there is a crying need; to work almost exclusively with the citizens of the concerned countries in a transparent, independent and efficient way; to inform, educate and convince, in order to increase donations and improve results mobilising all possible means."

Future Generations

Mission: "teaches and enables a process for equitable community change that integrates environmental conservation with development. As an international school for communities, we provide training and higher education through on-site and distance learning. We support field-based research, promote successes that provide for rapid expansion, and build partnerships with an evolving network of communities that are working together to improve their lives and the lives of generations yet to come."

Handicap International (Belgium)

Mission: "To provide people with disabilities with the appropriate rehabilitation services and support for integration within their communities."

Heart to Heart International

Mission: "To mobilize the individual to serve the needs of the poor in their community and around the world."

Heifer Project International

Mission: "To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth."

International Crane Foundation

Mission: "To conserve cranes and the wetland and grasslands communities on which they depend . . .[by] providing experience, knowledge, and inspiration to involve people in resolving threats to these ecosystems."

International Fund for Animal Welfare

Mission: "To improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation of wild animals, protect wildlife habitats and assisting animals in distress."

Kashin-Beck Disease Foundation

Mission: "To combat Kashin-Beck disease."

KunDe Foundation

Mission: "Working with marginalised people to find sustainable and replicable ways to improve their health, education, and environment."

Netherlands Red Cross

Mission: "To prevent and alleviate human suffering and to improve the situation of vulnerable people."

Rokpa International (ROKPA UK Overseas Projects)

SOS Kinderdorf

Mission: "To foster every child to be a useful person in society."

Swiss Red Cross

Mission: "To promote health as a primary condition for decent living conditions, reinforcing initiatives by the local population and enabling them to help themselves."

Terma Foundation

Mission: "The Terma Foundation implements public health programmes for indigenous peoples, acknowledging traditional belief systems and integrating low-tech, western technology where appropriate."

The Bridge Fund

Mission: "To promote sustainable economic development, cultural heritage preservation, and environmental conservation on the Tibetan Plateau. Our priority is to assist the most disadvantaged Tibetan communities, with a focus on nomadic and semi-nomadic populations that are vulnerable to economic and social transitions."

The Jane Goodall Institute (Roots & Shoots)

Mission: "The Jane Goodall Institute advances the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment of all living things."

The Mountain Institute

Mission: "To advance mountain cultures and preserve mountain environments . . . Partnering with local people to strengthen their communities and to conserve their natural resources and cultural heritage."

The Seva Foundation

Mission: "Seva builds partnerships to respond to locally defined problems with culturally sustainable solutions."

Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund

Mission: "To identify and implement effective programs to reduce poverty in Tibetan rural and urban communities."

Trace Foundation

Mission: "To promote the cultural continuity and sustainable development of Tibetan communities within China . . . Improve the ability of local communities to meet their own needs . . . To integrate culture and development goals and bring about long-term social and environmental benefits."

Wildlife Conservation Society

Mission: "The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands . . . Through careful science, international conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks . . . Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale."

* The links on this website are for information purposes only, and do not necessarily reflect the official views of Plateau Perspectives.

** Source: Directory of International NGOs, China Development Brief (December 2005).