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Rangeland Resources and Livelihoods in the Dimaluo Valley, Gongshan County, Yunnan, China 1 2 1 1 3 Song Yuan and Andreas Wilkes with Luo Rongfen , Li Jinming , and Ji Yunheng 1 2 ( Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, Yunnan Institute of Geography, 3Kunming Institute of Botany) 1．Introduction This paper reports on the findings of field surveys and research in Dimaluo village, Gongshan county, in NW Yunnan. The research on which this paper is based covered a wide range of topics, such as household economics, biodiversity, and indigenous technical practices and knowledge relating to livestock and rangeland management.1 By combining the main results of these separate surveys, this paper presents an overview of how the inhabitants of Dimaluo make their livelihoods, their interactions with natural resources, and the current challenges they face. Most of the inhabitants of Dimaluo are of the Nu national minority, an ethnic group that is indigenous to Northwest Yunnan and one of the earliest inhabitants of the Nujiang (Salween River) valley. Previous field work based research in Nu communities has been very limited. The livestock raising customs of Gongshan’s Nu people has at least 100 years’ history. Cattle and sheep in particular have important roles in Nu culture and livelihoods. Through an analysis of local livelihoods and resource dynamics, it is found that animal husbandry has close interactions with both agriculture and forestry. Dimaluo’s villagers are now well integrated into market economies, for cash is needed to pay for school fees and to purchase other basic neces