With the nomads urbanised, rural Tibet depopulated, what can China do with the

land?

How Chinese scientists expect climate change to make Tibet more productive

• 热带森林 Tropical Forest• 亚热带森林 Subtropical Forest• 亚热带型山地森林 mountainous forest with Subtropical type• 暖温带森林 Temperate zone forest• 暖温带型山地森林 Mountainous forest s temperate zone • 温带森林 Temperate zone forest• 温带型山地森林 Mountainous Forest temperate zone• 北方森林 Northern Forest• 北方型山地森林 Mountainous forest with type of northern

forest• 温带草原 Temperate zone grassland• 温带型山地草原 Mountainous grassland with type of

Temperate zone• 北方型山地草原 Mountainous grassland with type of north• 暖温带荒漠 Temperate zone Desert• 温带荒漠 Temperate Zone Desert• 北方型山地荒漠 Mountainous desert with type of north• 高寒草原 Altitude Cold Grassland• 高寒草甸 Altitude Cold Grassy Marshland• 高寒荒漠 Altitude Cold Desert• 冻原 Tundra• 冻荒漠 Cold desert• 冰雪带 Ice-snow belt• 冰原带 Ice Sheet zone

When temperature rises 4 degrees, Tibet becomes much more “productive”

Even if temperature rises 4 degrees and rainfall decreases, Tibet is still much more suitable for

Chinese agriculture and immigration