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2010 Pendeba Training Program provides Community Workers with Eco-Tourism Skills in the Mt. Everest Region

In the Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) National Nature Preserve (QNNP) of Tibet, China, local people living within the protected area are learning skills to improve life and protect the environment. From May 5-10, the locally based Pendeba Society in partnership with Future Generations China held a training session in the QNNP to provide local volunteers known as Pendebas with skills to help their communities benefit from rapidly increasing tourism to the region.

Nawang Gurung

Pendeba Coordinator
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Tsering Norbu

Ecotourism Specialist
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Eco-Tourism Training Program Begins in the Qomolangma (Everest) National Nature Preserve (QNNP)

Tibet, China – The Pendeba Society, a new non-profit organization registered in Shigatze, Tibet, focuses on poverty reduction and nature conservation through a new eco-tourism training program in the Everest region. As a Tibetan support network for Pendebas (volunteer conservation and community service workers), the Pendeba Society will provide training in a range of skills ranging from basic spoken English and hospitality to key conservation concepts.

Interview with Dr. Robert Fleming on Tibet's little known biodiversity

Future Generations Graduate School professor, Dr. Robert Fleming, was recently interviewed by the Chinese Xinhua news service.  In the interview he discusses the dramatic increases in wildlife populations he has observed since the establishment of community-based conservation programs in Tibet.

"The Tibet Autonomous Region is one of the most innovative and successful conservation areas in the whole world -- certainly it is the leader for all of China with the most cost-effective approach," said Fleming.

Chinadialogue.Net Features Sustainability lessons from Tibet

Pendeba Meeting

Chinadialogue is the bilingual source of high-quality news, analysis and discussion on all environmental issues, with a special focus on China. A recent article (February 18, 2009) featues the conservation efforts of Future Generations in the Tibet Autonomous Region.  

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Tibetan and Chinese Editions of Across the Tibetan Plateau Released in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA –   The Chinese and Tibetan versions of Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation were officially released in Beijing on January 14, 2009, with a book launch hosted by Future Generations China and the Science and Technology Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan version is published by the China Tibetology Publishers and copies will be donated to schools across the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), starting with 1,000 books from the first printing.  

Tibet, China Conservation

Map of Protected Areas

In 20 years, the Tibet Autonomous Region of China has achieved major conservation success. Today 40 percent of the land area is protected with the active participation of local people as conservation stewards.

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Lungs of Lhasa

Urban Wetland Preservation in Lhasa

The Lhasa Wetlands National Nature Preserve, known locally as Lhalu, is the highest urban wetland in the world. Spreading beneath the Potola Palace, this 1,605 acre protected area not only preserves open space but provides critical ecological services as the "lungs of Lhasa."

Future Generations provides training and support to the Tibetan Plateau Biology Institute to preserve the remaining wetlands within the capital city of Lhasa.

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