r downsizing their herds, as well as job ▓opportunities in environmental conservation projects n▓ear their homes, says Zhang.Dradul, a farmer-tu▓rned-forestry worker in Zayul County of Nyingchi Prefecture, earned 14,000 yuan (2,060 U.S. dollars)▓ las
t year by patrolling a nature reserve near his home and looking after the woods. "▓Before I took the job in 2005, my family of s▓ix made 3,400 yuan by toiling on the farm."Dradul is among 80,000 forestry workers in Tibet. ▓The regional
environment protection bureau says ▓their average annual wage was 5,625 yuan la▓st year.Meanwhile, the wide use of methane gas in rural Tibet has also improved the plateau environment and saved at least 1,000 yuan in coal and firewood for each