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The long-held hope that conservation protections granted to pandas will extend to other threatened species in the same habitat has been called into question. New research calls for wider protection for animal communities and ecosystems.
Panda conservation is often criticised due to the huge cost involved. But a new study has proven that, as an umbrella species that helps conserve the other species it shares a habitat with, panda conservation has great value.
A large scale study of giant panda habitat use and threats to their survival has proven how valuable long-term data is to the conservation of species. Pandas are using secondary forests far more than they have before, however human presence in panda habitats is increasing.
Further updates to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was released during the IUCN World Conservation Congress earlier this month.
Chinese measures to protect this conservation icon have also benefited a number of other threatened species, including birds, mammals and amphibians.
Michigan State University (MSU) have recently discovered that livestock, horses in particular, are a significant threat to pandas.
The reason why bamboo will be so seriously affected by climate change is the plant’s unusual reproductive cycle.