Yak Grazing, Everest Expedition

Yak and sheep graze the patchy pasture on the road from Tigris to Rongbuk Temple. Dry conditions and desertification over recent years have limited the amount of cattle raising in the Tsang region. Greenpeace are in Tibet to study and document the deterioration of glaciers on Everest and the environmental implications of glacier melt. The Rongbuk Glaciers are one of the prime sources of water feeding into the major rivers of China and India. Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world as a result of global warming.