CONTENTS Foreword I Zeren sangzhu Foreword II George B.Schaller Author's Preface OVERVIEW HISTORY OF THE CHANG TANG HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN THE CHANG TANG Plateau Landforms Closed Water Systems and Star Star Studded Lakes Abundant Geothermal Resources Capricious Climate VEGETATION IN THE CHANG TANG Flora Vegetation Types THE CHANG TANG'S WILDLIFE Mammals on the Plateau Birls in the Chang Tang Amphibians,Reptiles and Fish in the Chang Tang Insects and Other Arthopodan Animals NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECITION IN THE CHANG TANG Mature Reserve Construction Values of the Chang Tang 's Nature Reserves EXPECTATION The Chang Tang'sEcploration Chronicle A Review of Values of Wildlife in the Chang Tang Actions to Protect the Chang Tang APPENDIX The List of Northern and Southern ChangTang's Snow Mountains and Glaciers The List of Eastern Chang Tang's Sonw Mountains and Glaciers The List of Chang Tang's Main Whose Ares Is Wider than 50k平方米 The List of Chang Tang's Seed Plants The List of Chang Tang's Terrestrial Verrebrate The List of Chang Tang's Fishes ……