#IMC: September 14 - 18 2025

The Wild West of the Tibetan Plateau (Chang Tang)

Assigned Session: FS 3.111: Degradation and conservation of Tibetan and Himalayan ecosystems: Challenges and pathways to resilience

Abstract ID: 3.12395 | Accepted as Talk | Talk/Oral | TBA | TBA

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Andreas Von Hessberg (1)

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(1) University of Bayreuth, Universitaetsstr. 30, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany

(1) University of Bayreuth, Universitaetsstr. 30, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany

Categories: Ecosystems
Keywords: Tibetan plateau, grassland, wilderness

Categories: Ecosystems
Keywords: Tibetan plateau, grassland, wilderness

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The session about “Degradation and Conservation of Tibetan and Himalayan Ecosystems” will be introduced by a short movie about the beauty and wild vast landscape of the Chang Tang, the west and central part of the Tibetan plateau, which rise about an average altitude of 5,000 meters. Spanning nearly one million square kilometres, this region is described as a high-mountain desert, with less precipitation and sparse grassland vegetation. One of the last untouched wilderness areas on Earth, it features vast river systems, countless shimmering blue salt lakes, many towering 6,000-meter peaks, huge migrating wild ungulates, and a very low number of Tibetan nomads with their livestock.

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