Pasang (L) and Pema Tsering (R) are all forest rangers. The forest they take care of is located in the Chanang section on the south bank of Yarlung Zanbo River’s middle reaches. Every morning and afternoon, they patrol along the fixed route, and trim some trees along the way.

Pasang is a farmer of Chanang County, Shannan City, Tibet Autonomous Region. For him, the job is not tiring, and he can have a daily income of 200 yuan. His major concern is that trees might be poached or damaged by cows, sheep, etc.

Pema Tsering talks less, but smiles more. He believes that this place where saplings grow will become a fairyland with verdant trees, blooming flowers, lush mountains, lucid water and sapphire sky.

Trees that have been planted to prevent desertification add green to the barren land.

With unremitting efforts of several generations of forest rangers, more than 3,000 trees have been planted along the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River. Covering a land of 500,000 mu, the trees form a green belt, 250km long and 1.5km wide, effectively improving the ecological environment and climate along the Yarlung Zangbo River.

The protection forests along the Yarlung Zangbo River is not only a landmark of Tibet’s ecology, but also a scenery on the road getting in and out of Shannan.