Giant pandas are no stranger to us, they are our national treasures of "people love and flowers bloom", but since July, everyone has caused a hot discussion about a "demotion" incident of giant pandas, and even many people are worried that giant pandas have lost their "status", will they even protect the "status" of national treasures, will there be this problem? It is indeed such a cute giant panda, if it is demoted, it is really a pity to lose the "status" of the national treasure.
What the hell is going on here? In fact, for the downgrade of the giant panda, it is a good thing for us, because the "downgrade" is to reduce its rating, from endangered to vulnerable, which shows that the population of the giant panda has been restored, let's take a look.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > giant pandas were demoted and "lost" their status as national treasures? </h1>
According to the data, the number of giant pandas in the wild in China has reached more than 1800, which has been "successfully" reduced from endangered to vulnerable, which shows that the number of giant pandas in China has recovered very well, which is a happy thing. Of course, this is the result of our country's efforts in recent decades, not overnight.
In 2015, China carried out the fourth national giant panda survey, invested thousands of people, after 3 years of survey data, gave such a result, the results of the survey showed that the number of wild giant pandas in China reached more than 1800.
Among them, the number increased by 16.8%, the habitat area reached 2.58 million hectares, an increase of 11.8%, and the number of captive giant pandas in the country reached 375. Therefore, the number of giant pandas in China has indeed increased, which is undeniable, and this is the result of conservation. The downgrading of giant pandas is not a bad thing, but a good thing, because the number has increased. Is that the status of a national treasure "not guaranteed"?
In fact, this does not affect the status of the giant panda, the status of the giant panda is determined by us from thousands of species, tens of thousands of species, certainly not so easy to lose the "national treasure status", the reason why the giant panda has become a national treasure, first of all, we must know that it is only in China, it is very scarce, and has a long history, there is no less than 8 million years of history on the earth, etc., which shows that the species is very precious.
Therefore, even if the number of giant pandas increases, there will still be no situation where the status of national treasures is "not guaranteed", so rest assured. If it is defined, there will certainly be no possibility of "losing" the status of national treasure, unless the pattern of living things is changed again, which is the general situation.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" will the number of giant pandas increase > will it expand to Hunan and Hubei? </h1>
As we all know, the existence of wild giant pandas can now be seen only in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu in China. And basically don't go anywhere, just walk around these provinces.
Now that we have seen the expansion of the wild population of giant pandas, does it mean that it will expand to other provinces in China? Judging from the historical habitat investigation, giant pandas have also existed in Hunan and Hubei in China, which shows that these two provinces also meet the living conditions of giant pandas.
Therefore, from this point of view, it is true that there are wild giant pandas in Hunan and Hubei. Of course, whether it is still in line with their survival is not clear for the time being. Wild giant pandas to survive in Hunan and Hubei, the ecological environment is an indispensable problem, and at the same time eating is the most critical. With the evolution of giant pandas, today's giant pandas almost completely rely on eating bamboo for a living, accounting for 99% of the annual food, of which the most favorite to eat are 7 kinds of large arrow bamboo, West China arrow bamboo and so on.
Therefore, with these foods, it is possible to survive, but here we need to pay attention to the fact that giant pandas are actually beasts and eat "meat", but in the process of evolution, the taste gradually changes and becomes a situation where basically all bamboo is eaten.
On the whole, once There were also giant pandas in Hunan and Hubei in China, but now they can no longer be seen, so if the number of giant pandas grows, as long as the environment is suitable for survival, it is still possible to go to Hunan and Hubei to survive. This depends on the actual situation, in addition to these provinces, there is no sign of panda activities in other regions, so in fact, on the whole, the scope of giant panda activities in China is not large.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > summary</h1>
With the gradual improvement of China's ecological environment, we have seen more and more biological populations recovery, various "rare birds and exotic animals are returning", and the recovery of scarce animals and plants, such as snow leopards, Asian elephants and other populations are growing. At the end of 2019, there were 11,800 natural protected areas in China, with a total area of more than 170 million hectares, accounting for 18% of the land area, which is difficult to achieve in many countries in the world.
At the same time, China's overall forest coverage rate has reached 23.04%, providing a favorable foundation for the survival of animals and plants, which is why Wild Animals and Plants in China now appear frequently. So as long as humans are involved less and organisms have a proper living space, then the recovery of animal and plant groups has become a trend, not less and less, but an increase.
In this way, the environment of our human living area will be better, and the time for people and scarce animals and plants to "look at each other" will be much more, which is good news, we look forward to each person in our country "raising a giant panda" in the future, walking a walk, of course, this is a fantasy, unlikely to achieve, and now it is still the key to increase the recovery of wild populations.