Today's wild giant pandas are scattered in the six mountain systems belonging to the three provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, such as Qinling, Minshan, Qionglai, Daxiangling, Xiaoxiangling and Liangshan, which are human expansion and squeezing, and finally isolate the giant pandas to a narrow area in the six major mountain systems.
Giant pandas forced to live in small areas
In 1985, the results of the second giant panda survey showed that the total number of wild giant pandas has dropped to more than 1,100, reaching the point of endangerment, according to Lu Zhi, a professor at Peking University and director of the Shanshui Nature Conservation Center, more and more geographical isolation makes the genes of this population unable to communicate with another population, and this degradation and extinction of inbreeding may become an ultimate outcome of this population.
Lü Zhi, professor at Peking University and director of the Shanshui Nature Conservation Center
It was not until 1998, after the state launched the natural forest resources protection project, the unprecedented ban on logging stipulated that natural forest logging was completely prohibited, and the restored forest land became the habitat of the giant panda, and the fate of the giant panda was finally reversed.
The restored woodland became a new habitat for giant pandas
In 2003, the third giant panda survey ended, compared with the first survey, the number of nature reserves increased from five to 40, the area of protected areas increased from more than 320,000 hectares to more than 2.17 million hectares, and people were pleasantly surprised to find that wild giant pandas have risen from more than 1,100 to 1,596, and this number does not include young individuals under one and a half years old who are difficult to count, this news is very encouraging, these unprecedented clear and specific figures, Let people be sure that the direction of protecting wild giant pandas is the right one, and years of unremitting efforts have achieved remarkable results.
In Wanglang, Sichuan, years of protection have also achieved remarkable results, vegetation has been restored better and better, and wild animals, especially giant pandas, have become more active.
Sichuan Wanglang National Nature Reserve
Sichuan Wang Lang National Nature Reserve is one of the largest number of wild giant panda population of protected areas, in recent years, the reserve also cooperated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to carry out a new research project, the reserve through the collection of wild giant panda feces, hair and other samples for population DNA research, according to the analysis of DNA analysis results, they also found that the number of giant pandas living in Wang Lang is likely to be more than the previous survey results, the survival situation is more optimistic.
Staff collecting panda hair
Professor Hu Jinyan, a well-known giant panda research expert, said: "What is better now is that the government has established a special protection zone for pandas to reach more than 3,000 square kilometers, basically protecting 85 percent of the panda habitat.", according to Zhang Heminren, in the past ten years, after the government implemented the Tianbao Project to return farmland to forest, the number of panda populations has increased by 30 percent. Indeed, as of the end of 2013, the results of the fourth survey of giant pandas in the country showed that the number of protected areas with giant panda distribution and habitat distribution increased to 67, with a total area of 3.36 million hectares, involving 196 townships in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and the number of wild giant pandas in the country also recovered to 1,864, and the wild giant panda population once again showed strong vitality.
Hu Jinyan, professor at China West Normal University and a well-known giant panda research expert
In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced that China's giant pandas are no longer among the world's endangered animals, from endangered to vulnerable, and the giant panda has a special national treasure status in the hearts of the Chinese people. "A few days ago, the China Forestry and Grassland Administration clearly replied that the downgrade of giant pandas is a reduction in the degree of threat, reflecting the effectiveness of China's giant panda protection work, and giant pandas are still national first-level protected animals and will not reduce protection efforts."
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