Category Archives: Nature in Xinjiang

Man and Nature at Lake Aibi

Tony Whitten, a wildlife biologist working with the World Bank, has produced two videos documenting some of the efforts a team of scientists and officials are taking to increase the size of Lake Aibi, a rift lake located near the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan. In the first video, Whitten covers some of the characteristics [...]

The Xinjiang Snow Leopard Project

For what is perhaps a sorely-needed break from the usual content here on The New Dominion, I refer our readers to the Xinjiang Snow Leopard Project.
The Xinjiang Snow Leopard Project (XSLP) is an initiative started by the Beijing Forestry University and the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) at Oxford University.
Working closely with the Xinjiang Government [...]