The Giant Panda is No Longer Endangered!

jayjds2 · 4 Sep 2016

Giant Panda no longer endangered species, say conservationists

Excellent news!

Chlidonias · 4 Sep 2016

some quotes from the article:

The Giant Panda is no longer an endangered species following decades of rescue efforts, conservationists have confirmed.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, which keeps track of threatened species across the world, said it was reclassifying the animal as only ‘vulnerable.’

Panda populations have grown as a result of Chinese government efforts to protect their habitat and re-establish forests.

Over the past decade numbers have risen by nearly 17 per cent in the wild and there are now around 2,000 outside of captivity.

Their geographic range has also increased by nearly 12 per cent since 2003, according to the most recent Giant Panda Survey conducted with the help of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

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However the IUCN said climate change was predicted to wipe out more than a third (35 per cent) of the panda's bamboo habitat, which could reverse the gains.
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And further to pandas:

The conservation body also warned that four out of the world’s six great apes are now close to extinction and have moved from ‘endangered’ to ‘critically endangered.’

Populations of eastern gorillas, found in Rwanda, Uganda, and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have nosedived in the past 20 years by more than 70 per cent

The western gorilla, Bornean orangutan and Sumatran orangutan are also listed as critically endangered, while the chimpanzee and bonobo are both endangered.

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Plains zebras have also declined by almost a quarter in the past 14 years as a result of illegal hunting and are now "near threatened" on the latest Red List update.

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There has also been a 52 per cent average decline in populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish around the globe between 1970 and 2010.
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Loxodonta Cobra · 4 Sep 2016

What does this mean in the long-run/ future in terms of panda diplomacy?

savethelephant · 4 Sep 2016

Great news, now maybe conservationists can focus on more conservation dependent animals...

Chlidonias · 5 Sep 2016

Loxodonta Cobra said: ↑

What does this mean in the long-run/ future in terms of panda diplomacy?
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nothing. Zoos that want pandas will continue to be willing to pay for them.

vogelcommando · 7 Sep 2016

Not everybody accept the new Panda-status :
"Too soon" to take giant panda off the endangered list | Daily Mail Online

FelipeDBKO · 13 Sep 2016

The Giant panda is no longer an endangered species!

The Giant Panda Is No Longer An Endangered Species! | Bored Panda

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