Publication Date:
2001-11-17
Description:
The giant panda has been restricted to several disjunct montane forest populations, and habitat loss and fragmentation are the primary threats to its survival. For pandas to survive, conservation efforts must focus on larger landscapes rather than individual nature reserves. China recently initiated several policies, including the Natural Forest Conservation Program and Grain-to-Green Policy, which provide a historic opportunity to integrate panda conservation into national policies. Simultaneously, China is promoting the Western China Development Program, which calls for substantial infrastructure and hydropower development and economic investments. Integrating panda conservation into these development policies will be a critical challenge.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Loucks, C J -- Lu, Z -- Dinerstein, E -- Wang, H -- Olson, D M -- Zhu, C -- Wang, D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 Nov 16;294(5546):1465.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. colby.loucks@wwfus.org〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11711657" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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China
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*Conservation of Natural Resources
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*Ecosystem
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*Environment
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*Public Policy
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Trees
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*Ursidae
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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