General description
Zhiduo County is located in the west of
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
It comprises the headwaters of
the Yangtze River. The total land area is 80,220 km2.
There are 1 town and 6 townships. The government is situated in Jiajibuoluo.
The population of Zhiduo County is 23,000, of which over 95%
is Tibetan. Zhiduo County is entirely based on animal husbandry. Wildlife
resources are abundant, with at least 29 mammal species and 65 bird species,
including Tibetan antelope, wild yak, wild ass, snow leopard, blue sheep,
otter, argali, Tibetan snowcock and black-necked crane. In addition, there
are 480 kinds of natural plants, including medicinal plants such as
caterpillar fungus, tumeric, snow lotus, Rhodiola, etc.
Innovative communities: People-centred Approaches to Environmental
Management in the Asia-Pacific Region
(eds. Velasquez, J., Yashiro, M., Yoshimura,
S., & Ono, I.), UNU Press, 2005.
Downloads:
Book
summary
report,
Case study on Suojia community (summary),
and Case Study:
Highland Encounters: Building new partnerships for
conservation and sustainable development in the Yangtze River Headwaters, the
heart of the Tibetan Plateau,
by Dr J Marc Foggin
Also see Dr J
Marc Foggin's PhD dissertation:
Foggin, J. M.
2000.
Biodiversity Protection and the Search for Sustainability
in Tibetan Plateau Grasslands (Qinghai, China). PhD dissertation,
Arizona State University. Tempe, Arizona, USA.
