Pastoralism and Rangeland Management on the Tibetan Plateau in ...

4. The way forward <strong>and</strong> outlook. The good message that was received during
the workshop was that after the merger of GTZ <strong>and</strong> InWEnt the new German
institution for international cooperation GIZ will continue the mountain development
programme. The achievements so far have been highlighted already
on the first day of the workshop. This workshop has shown again that it seems
worthwhile to continue on the path taken <strong>and</strong> to adapt the programme’s direction
to the pressing issues of our time: climate <strong>and</strong> global change <strong>and</strong> their
impact on the living conditions of mountain people. To make the achievements
available to a broader community of practice <strong>and</strong> knowledge, InWEnt is
publishing the results of this workshop in a book series that has become by now
a set of compendia used by a wider readership in their daily routine. To secure
knowledge <strong>and</strong> to safeguard ownership is one goal of this series of books that
are also available online. Therefore I would like to use this occasion to call for
all contributions to be submitted in updated versions within one month.
Photo 4: Visitors from pastoral areas in Lhasa
(photograph © Hermann Kreutzmann July 30, 2004)
Finally I would like to thank the local organisers of this conference <strong>and</strong>
especially our hosts here in Lhasa for their excellent arrangements <strong>and</strong> kind
hospitality. Dr. Nyima Tashi <strong>and</strong> Dr. Yi Shaoliang acted as chairmen of the
workshop <strong>and</strong> led us through the workshop in such a way that the results from
the previous contributions led logically to the next steps. My sincere gratitude
goes to Yang Yong who is named in representation of a whole team of diligent
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