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Our Indigenous Land is Not a Wasteland Huatse Gyal - American Ethnological Society

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“If people say we are lagging behind, then we are only lagging behind in destroying the earth.” — Akhu Sonam Tashi Our Golden Fatherland, Your Fragile Wasteland Read the opening lines of any Chinese scientific publication or Chinese policy document on the Tibetan Plateau and you will likely see one (or all) of the following descriptors: harsh environment (环境恶劣), cold weather (气候寒冷), dry land (旱地), wasteland (荒地), and fragile ecology (生态脆弱). Where do these apocalyptic perceptions of Tibetan land come from? Moreover, are there any conceptual equivalents of these terms in the languages of the Tibetan Plateau’s original inhabitants: its indigenous pastoralists and farmers? The Tibetan Plateau is often referred to as the “Water Tower of Asia,” a moniker earned through the region’s status as a water source for an estimated 1.4 billion people, a fifth of the world’s population across East, Southeast, and South Asia. The Tibetan Plateau also provides its indigenous residents with millions of a

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