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

agricultural base for niche plateau products <strong>and</strong> a national ecological shelter.
TAAAS is making its every effort to strengthen scientific <strong>and</strong> technological
innovation, accelerate commercialization, speed up disciplinary development,
increase technical services, <strong>and</strong> enhance capacity building so to promote <strong>and</strong>
support better, faster <strong>and</strong> greater development in the agricultural <strong>and</strong> pastoral
sectors. By greatly increasing per-unit yields of grains <strong>and</strong> edible oil, <strong>and</strong> the
productivity of livestock breeding <strong>and</strong> vegetable growing, we provide strong
technological support <strong>and</strong> guarantee to increase the income for farmers <strong>and</strong>
herdsmen, realize a greater level of production capacity <strong>and</strong> build a new socialist
countryside
The impact of climate change <strong>and</strong> economic globalization is being more <strong>and</strong>
more felt in agriculture <strong>and</strong> animal husb<strong>and</strong>ry. Rangel<strong>and</strong>s in Tibet cover vast
areas <strong>and</strong> have a rather fragile ecological environment. To address climate <strong>and</strong>
global change, the Chinese central government <strong>and</strong> the TAR government have
taken a series of measures to tackle climate <strong>and</strong> global change in the agricultural
<strong>and</strong> pastoral sector. We have adopted major initiatives such as building
an agricultural base for niche plateau products <strong>and</strong> a national ecological shelter,
strengthening rangel<strong>and</strong> ecological protection <strong>and</strong> restoration efforts <strong>and</strong>
developing niche agriculture <strong>and</strong> animal husb<strong>and</strong>ry. TAAAS has dedicated a
whole research team to carry out long-term studies on the impacts of climate
<strong>and</strong> global change on farming <strong>and</strong> animal husb<strong>and</strong>ry, as well as the countermeasures
for these transformations, <strong>and</strong> have made gratifying progress. We
firmly believe that, with the great support <strong>and</strong> enthusiastic participation of our
colleagues in the field, grassl<strong>and</strong> ecological environment on the Tibetan plateau
will continue to be improved. By making full use of all favorable factors <strong>and</strong>
conditions, pastoralism will witness sustainable <strong>and</strong> rapid development even in
the new climate conditions.
Ladies <strong>and</strong> gentlemen, we surely will have in-depth discussions <strong>and</strong> exchanges
at this workshop on pastoralism <strong>and</strong> rangel<strong>and</strong> management on the Tibetan
plateau in the context climate <strong>and</strong> global change. My colleagues in Tibet must
firmly seize the opportunity <strong>and</strong> keep an open mind to learn from foreign
experts <strong>and</strong> scholars, adjust <strong>and</strong> improve their researches, adopt a more open
attitude, set more specific <strong>and</strong> relevant objectives, <strong>and</strong> strengthen exchange <strong>and</strong>
cooperation with both domestic <strong>and</strong> international experts <strong>and</strong> scholars. Here
again we warmly welcome all the experts, scholars <strong>and</strong> international friends to
visit us <strong>and</strong> inspect on our work at TAAAS, <strong>and</strong> I also sincerely welcome the
increase of cooperation <strong>and</strong> exchanges to jointly promote technological innovation
<strong>and</strong> achieve fast <strong>and</strong> steady development in the agricultural <strong>and</strong> pastoral
sectors on the Tibetan plateau.
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