Beijing, China -- The most comprehensive survey of the giant panda population ever undertaken has found almost 1,600 pandas in the wild, nearly 50 percent more than were previously known to exist. The findings come from a four-year-long study of pandas and their habitat, done jointly by ...
Wild panda population growthThe number of wild pandas on the earth has increased from about 1,100 in the 1990s to nearly 1,900, based on the results of the fourth national panda survey.Habitat growthSince the 1960s, China has created 67 nature parks mainly to protect giant pandas as their...
The giant panda, a national treasure of China, is not only a rare species but also a symbol of ecological conservation. In recent years, Chin a has made great progress in protecting and restoring the giant pand a population. Let's take a look.WILD PANDA POPULATION GRO WTH The number of...
According to the newest field survey, China's wild giant panda population has grown to 1,864 from 1,114 in the 1970s-1980s, and the country has established 67 giant panda nature reserves, Yang Chao, director of the wildlife protection department of the National Forestry and Grassland Administ...
Based on China’s fourth National Giant Panda Survey, giant pandas are distributed in 33 isolated populations in the wild, 18 of which will be included within the boundaries of GPNP. Among those 18 populations, 6 of them have a population size larger than 100; 3 of them have between 30 ...
Giant pandas are no longer endangeredin the wild with a population of over 1800 outside the captivity, but they are still vulnerable. In the past, 62 nature reserves have been established to protect them. Where Can you see a Wild Panda?
The Wenchuan earthquake of May 12, 2008 (magnitude 8.0) affected two of the six mountain ranges inhabited by giant pandas, the Minshan and Qionglai Mountains. It has been estimated that the earthquake affected about 67% of wild giant panda population and more than half of its habitat (1200...
Known as the "giant panda of the water," the Yangtze finless porpoise is under top-level state protection in China and serves as a barometer of the river's ecological health. For years, scientists struggled with one key challenge -- tracking these elusive creatures in the murky waters of th...
15 (Xinhua) -- Shennongjia Forestry District in central China's Hubei Province has reported a growing golden monkey population, thanks to efforts in habitat protection. The district is now home to 1,618 golden monkeys, 147 more than the previous survey five years ago, according to the results...
Covering about 200,000 hectares, Wolong is home to one of the largest remaining giant panda populations in China. Thanks to rangers like Shi, the number of wild giant pandas in the reserve has increased from 104, according to the fourth national panda survey released in 2015, to 149, says ...