Pandas Are Red

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Elena Songster
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
The Government ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Scientific Subject ◽  
Wanglang Nature Reserve

Many advances gained in nature protection efforts during the early 1960s were brought to a screeching halt with the onset of China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The Wanglang Nature Reserve, however, hosted representatives from China’s top scientific institutes on the first species-specific giant panda survey in 1967. This event brings to light a narrative parallel to the well-known “decade of chaos”. During this era the government endorsed many scientific endeavors designed to highlight the glory of China’s nature and advertise its scientific prowess. In addition to being a scientific subject, the giant panda also became a popular expression of nationalism during this era. The giant panda was repeatedly reproduced as a politically safe image and demonstrated surprising durability against the ever-changing political winds of this decade.

Characteristics and impacts of solid waste on giant panda habitat in Wanglang Nature Reserve

2020 ◽  
Vol 724 ◽  
pp. 138210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongwei Kang ◽  
Zhijiang Zhao ◽  
Xiaoyu Chen ◽  
Xiaorong Wang ◽  
Junqing Li
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Panda Habitat ◽  
Wanglang Nature Reserve

Habitat use by giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in relation to roads in the Wanglang Nature Reserve, People’s Republic of China

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (8) ◽  
pp. 715-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongwei Kang ◽  
Xiaorong Wang ◽  
Hongwei Yang ◽  
Lijuan Duan ◽  
Junqing Li
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Ailuropoda Melanoleuca ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Giant Pandas ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Wanglang Nature Reserve

The impacts of roads on wildlife and their habitats have been widely recognized. To assess the effects of roads on habitat use of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869)), we investigated the giant panda habitats and the roadside habitats in Wanglang Nature Reserve, People’s Republic of China. We found that giant pandas did not use the road-affected habitats, and compared with giant panda habitats, road-affected habitats were characterized by lower bamboo density and grazing disturbances. Therefore, our study demonstrated that roads negatively affected the habitat use of giant pandas, and such affected habitats could not meet the needs of these animals. These results suggest that to minimize the negative effects of roads on the conservation of species, a full evaluation of the effects of roads on wildlife and their habitats should be conducted before road construction, and effective protection measures should be taken to control for these negative effects.

scholarly journals Integrating Livestock Grazing and Sympatric Takin to Evaluate the Habitat Suitability of Giant Panda in the Wanglang Nature Reserve

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2469
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Chen ◽  
Xiaorong Wang ◽  
Junqing Li ◽  
Dongwei Kang
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Human Disturbance ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Giant Pandas ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Habitat Overlap ◽  
Panda Habitat ◽  
Wanglang Nature Reserve

Habitat suitability provides essential information for the management of protected species. However, studies that jointly consider the impacts of human disturbance and sympatric animals in habitat suitability assessments of giant panda are limited, which may overestimate the habitat status. To address this issue, we evaluated the habitat suitability of giant panda in Wanglang Nature Reserve by simultaneously investigating livestock grazing and sympatric takin via MAXENT, a new attempt at the assessment of the habitat suitability of giant panda. We focused on describing the habitat suitability of giant panda and determining the habitat overlap between livestock, takin, and panda to evaluate the impacts of livestock grazing and sympatric takin on the suitable giant panda habitat. Results revealed that only 16.33% of the area in Wanglang was suitable giant panda habitat, of which 67.66% was shared by livestock, and 97.99% of the remaining suitable panda habitat not shared by livestock was revealed to be shared by takin. The results indicate an unfavorable habitat status of giant panda in Wanglang, with the potential extensive habitat overlap between livestock, takin and panda exerting further pressure. Thus, to effectively protect giant pandas and their habitats, grazing activity should be controlled. Furthermore, to accurately protect sympatric animals, the monitoring of panda and takin activities in the overlapping areas must be maintained.

Habitat use by giant panda in relation to man-made forest in Wanglang Nature Reserve of China

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (23) ◽  
pp. 13440-13445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongwei Kang ◽  
Xiaorong Wang ◽  
Hongwei Yang ◽  
Lijuan Duan ◽  
Junqing Li
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Wanglang Nature Reserve

The Existence of Geothermal Energy in Communication Perspective and Sustainable Environment in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
Indriyati Kamil ◽  
Oekan S Abdoellah ◽  
Herlina Agustin ◽  
Iriana Bakti
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Communication Models ◽  
The Government

This article highlights the dynamics of geothermal energy in the Kamojang nature reserve in Indonesia. A nature reserve is a conservation area that must be protected and preserved, because it has unique flora and fauna, and rare ecosystems whose existence is threatened with extinction. After going through a long study process by an integrated team, the government finally made a policy to change the function of the nature reserve into a Nature Tourism Park. Changes in policy changes to the function of nature reserves cause pros and cons in the community, and cause conflicts between government and environmental activists. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that cause changes in the function of nature reserves into natural tourism parks in the Kamojang conservation area of Indonesia, as well as to identify appropriate communication models in the management of geothermal energy through communication and environmentally sustainable approaches. Research findings show that the factors that cause changes in the function of nature reserves into tourist parks include; the interests of geothermal energy to meet national energy needs and electricity infrastructure, accommodate the needs of surrounding communities that utilize water resources in conservation areas, and restore ecosystems. The communication model for geothermal energy management that we propose at the same time is also a novelty namely; ecopopulism approach, negotiation approach, collaboration, and equating meaning and orientation to environmental sustainability. Type of Paper: Empirical Keywords: Geothermal Energy, Nature Reserves, Conservation Policies, Communication Models and Sustainable Development.

scholarly journals Territorial nature protection in the former military training area Ralsko

Geografie ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-231
Author(s):  
Miroslav Honců
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
National Nature Reserve ◽  
Training Area

In the region of the former military training area Ralsko 11 small scale protected areas were declared. One of them belongs to the national nature reserve category, 3 to the nature reserve category and 7 protected areas were placed in the nature monument category. The paper contains a detailed overview of all 11 declared small scale protected areas, 3 temporarily protected areas and proposals for some localities to be declared as protected.

Evaluating giant panda as a surrogate species for conservation co-occurring species in the Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 8939-8948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanlei Rong ◽  
Xingming Liu ◽  
Chuanyan Zhao ◽  
Liwen He ◽  
Junjie Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Giant Panda ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Surrogate Species ◽  
National Nature Reserve

Evaluation of habitat fragmentation of giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) on the north slopes of Daxiangling Mountains, Sichuan province, China

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dunwu Qi ◽  
Zhonghai Tang ◽  
Wenguang Zhang ◽  
Bingyao Chen ◽  
Jinchu Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Ailuropoda Melanoleuca ◽  
The North ◽  
Global Biodiversity ◽  
Hydropower Stations

AbstractHuman activities have been a main cause of floral and faunal species extinction and loss of local and global biodiversity. Habitat and population can become fragmented and isolated under anthropogenic disturbances. In this study, we focus on the effect of human activities on the habitat and population of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in the north slopes of Daxiangling Mountains, Sichuan province, China. Based on eight months of field investigation in 2004, we found that the distribution of the giant panda population has been limited to remnants of habitat due to human activities such as road construction, mining and hydropower stations. There is 100.60 km2 area suitable for the giant panda (including moderately suitable, suitable and most suitable), which only accounts for 21.33% of the bamboo area. Based on a dispersal model COST, there were 79.94 km2 areas (17.12%) (including moderately suitable, suitable and most suitable) for giant panda utilization in reality. Only 16.35 km2 areas (3.5%) of total bamboo area were most suitable. The areas that suitable for panda had decreased 20.66 km2 from 2000 in total due to people activities. The results of this study can be used to provide basic information to build nature reserve for protecting giant panda in Daxiangling Mountains.

Rural household participation in illegal timber felling in a protected area of West Sumatra, Indonesia

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
YONARIZA ◽  
EDWARD L. WEBB
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Rural Household ◽  
Illegal Logging ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
The Government

Illegal logging is a threat to tropical forests in protected areas, yet the factors motivating it need to be better understood. Here, rural household participation in timber felling in the Barisan I Nature Reserve (West Sumatra) was described, the household contextual factors relating to this participation analysed and the importance of these activities to the household income assessed. Nearly 19% of the sampled households cut or hauled timber in the Reserve, and the demand for cash encouraged participation. Alternative livelihoods such as livestock raising and agroforestry intensification outside the Reserve could reduce the need for timber felling. Knowledge about legal status of the Reserve did not affect the odds of a household engaging in timber harvesting, but greater awareness of the Reserve resulted in lower levels of income from timber. Development policy that seeks to provide livelihood alternatives to timber felling households could reduce dependence on timber and contribute to forest conservation in the Reserve. Moreover, conservation outcomes should improve if control over the protection and enforcement of the Reserve is co-managed between the government and the local communities.

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