Increase in the number of wild populations of giant pandas threatened "downgrade"

The number of wild populations increased to 1864 giant pandas threatened "downgrade"

The number of wild populations increased to 1864 giant pandas threatened to "downgrade" The number of wild populations increased to 1864 giant pandas threatened to "downgrade"

On October 8, the State Council Information Office released the white paper "China's Biodiversity Conservation"
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The white paper shows that with the rapid and high-quality growth of the number of artificially bred giant pandas, the threat level of giant pandas has been reduced from "endangered" to "vulnerable", and it has been released into the wild and successfully integrated into the wild population

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In 40 years, the wild population of giant pandas has increased from 1,114 to 1,864.
This is also a significant achievement and successful case of China's biodiversity conservation work
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In response to the "downgrade" news, the reporter interviewed Li Sheng, a researcher at the School of Life Sciences of Peking University.
Li Sheng pointed out that while we are seeing an increase in the number of giant pandas and a significant improvement in their living conditions, China attaches great importance to ecological protection and invests huge amounts in endangered species.
The power of protection is the strong backing for the perpetual reproduction of species and "all things get their own lives"
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Li Sheng, a researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University: In the latest round of assessments on the Red List of Chinese Biological Species and the Red List of Threatened Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the threat level of giant pandas has been reduced from endangered to vulnerable, indicating that The threatened status of this species has been greatly improved
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Li Sheng, researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University:

The main reason behind this is actually that in the past few decades, our country has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the protection of giant pandas, and the effectiveness of these protections has also been significantly improved
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The number of wild populations and natural habitats of giant pandas has clearly risen and grown in the past few decades

The "downgrading" of giant pandas is also a representative achievement in China's ecological civilization construction.
This successful case will provide a template and demonstration role for China's biodiversity conservation work
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Li Sheng, a researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University: In fact, it is a successful case of biodiversity conservation and ecological protection in our country in the past few decades.
At the same time, it is also a milestone success case in the protection of endangered species of wild animals in the world
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Li Sheng, researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University:

The population has increased significantly

The population has increased significantly

With years of protection, nowadays, no matter rangers or villagers outside the reserve, wild pandas are often encountered
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During the National Day holiday, a herder in Baoxing County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, while driving up the mountain, came across a wild giant panda down the mountain to play leisurely
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A few days ago, in Ebian County, Leshan, Sichuan, an adult wild giant panda descended to a farmhouse as a guest, attracting many villagers to watch.
The local conservation department rushed to the scene after receiving the report and found that the giant panda expert had arrived first.
And warmly received this "special guest"
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In recent years, there have been more and more cases of encountering wild pandas or pandas running into farmers' homes
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In addition to villagers, it is more common for rangers to encounter giant pandas while patrolling

Giant pandas, which are treated with human kindness, are constantly expanding their hobbies
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Their chubby figures sometimes appear in trees full of flowers, and sometimes on tall trees.

Li Sheng, a researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University: This actually mainly reflects the effectiveness of giant panda protection.
The population of wild giant pandas is recovering and their range of activities is also expanding, so the chance of encountering people has also greatly increased
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At the same time, due to people's protection of giant pandas, giant pandas are increasingly able to get very close to people and live in harmony with people

Li Sheng, researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University:

So wild pandas are bears after all, so when they encounter people, will they hurt people?

Li Sheng, a researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University: Although the giant panda belongs to the carnivorous family Ursidae in terms of animal classification, it is a specialized bear that feeds on bamboo, and it has a shy personality in the wild.
, A wild animal living alone
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Therefore, although the encounter between giant pandas and people has increased, it does not pose a threat to people

Li Sheng, researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University:

Although giant pandas will not hurt people, experts suggest that if you encounter giant pandas in the wild, you must first keep yourself quiet and not disturb the normal activities of wild animals
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After disengagement, report the encounter information to the management agency of the protected area and the forestry protection department