Across the Tibetan Plateau - Ecosystems, Wildlife and Conservation

The collection of photographs tell the story of how the Tibetan people are conserving their lands for future generations.

Tibet is well known to Americans as a political cause and as the spiritual home of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhism. Less well known, it is also a place of staggering beauty and diversity, ranging 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 small numbers of some of the least-known animals on the planet.

Featuring an exquisite collection of photographs, Across the Tibetan Plateau -- Ecosystems, Wildlife and Conservation tells the story of how the Tibetan people are conserving their lands for future generations. The book is the product of many years' work by natural historians, Tibet experts, and a diverse team of photographers. Some photographs are the first ever taken of Tibet's rare species. The book celebrates the achievements of locals who, embodying Buddhism's respect for all life, have worked with government and nongovernmental organizations to create and maintain protected areas that now make up 40 percent of Tibet's land.

Co-author Robert L. Fleming, Jr. will be on hand to discuss the project and present photos from the book.

About the book's authors:

*Robert L. Fleming Jr. is professor of equity and empowerment at Future Generations and a leading Himalayan natural historian.

*Dorje Tsering is a scholar and the senior leader of the Tibet Autonomous Region Department of Science and Technology.

*Liu Wulin grew up in Tibet and has been conducting research and fieldwork there for twenty years.