Tibetans do not live on a small overpopulated island. Throughout history we did not worry about our vast, sparsely populated territory, or about our distant neighbors.
— HH the 14th Dalai Lama
 
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The heavily forested Sequniang Valley on the eastern side of the Tibetan Plateau was only accessible by foot and yaks just 25 years ago. Now it has been designated a nature preserve by the Chinese government and parts are accessible by bus.
A yak caravan crosses a pass above the tree line between 16,000 and 17,000 feet in northern Bhutan.   
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