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The Last Nomads of The Tibetan Plateau

A Tibetan woman in a restaurant in the Amdo region of the Tibetan Plateau. Up to 100,000 nomads have been removed from the highland grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. Climate change, mining and government policy are causing the rapid disappearance of this unique culture.

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Contained in galleries: The Last Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau [2012]

A Tibetan woman in a restaurant in the Amdo region of the Tibetan Plateau. Up to 100,000 nomads have been removed from the highland grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. Climate change, mining and government policy are causing the rapid disappearance of this unique culture.