The Asian Reporter
Pacific Northwest News q Volume 26 Number 18 q September 19, 2016 q www.asianreporter.com
Giant panda is no longer
“endangered,” experts say
PROLIFIC PANDAS. Seven panda cubs, all born in 2012, are seen at the Chengdu Panda Base in Chengdu, in southwestern China’s Sichuan province, in this October 30, 2012 file photo. The International Union for Conser-
vation of Nature has said in a report that the panda is now classified as a “vulnerable” instead of an “endangered” species, reflecting its growing numbers in the wild in southern China. (AP Photo/File)
serious.
and expand forest reserves.
said it disputed the classification change
By Gerry Shih
The report warned, however, that because the natural habitats of pandas
The International Union for Conserva-
The Associated Press
tion of Nature (IUCN) has said in a report although better forest protection has have been splintered by natural and
EIJING — A leading international that the panda is now classified as a helped increase panda numbers, climate human causes. The animals live in small,
group has taken the giant panda “vulnerable” instead of an “endangered” change is predicted to eliminate more than isolated groups of as few as 10 pandas
off its endangered list thanks to species, reflecting its growing numbers in 35 percent of its natural bamboo habitat in that struggle to reproduce and face the risk
decades of conservation efforts, but the wild in southern China. It said the wild the next 80 years, potentially leading to of disappearing altogether, the agency
China’s government discounted the move, panda population jumped to 1,864 in 2014 another decline.
said.
saying it did not view the status of the from 1,596 in 2004, the result of work by
In a statement to The Associated Press,
Still, animal groups hailed the recovery
country’s beloved symbol as any less Chinese agencies to enforce poaching bans China’s State Forestry Administration
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