Challenge

The vast highlands of the Tibetan Plateau have been the home of Tibetan pastoralists for thousands of years, and they also provide habitat for a unique assemblage of wildlife species, many recognised as internationally rare or endangered. The region is disproportionately affected by climate change with many of the Tibetan glaciers now melting away. Through the plateau’s rivers and watersheds, climate change will soon affect not only local Tibetan communities but also agricultural production throughout Southeast Asia.