CCP

Chinese Communist Party

CI

Conservation International

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

lhawa

Tibetan term, medium of a territorial deity (zhidak)

mu

Chinese measurement of area: 1/15th of a hectare

NGO

nongovernmental organization

PRC

People’s Republic of China

TAR

Tibet Autonomous Region

TNC

The Nature Conservancy

tulku

Tibetan, incarnate lama

WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature

xiejiao

Chinese, heterodox or perverse cult

zhidak

Tibetan term, territorial deity commonly abiding within mountains