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The giant panda is an endangered species endemic to China and is called "living fossil". There are only 1000 giant pandas left in the world, which are our "national treasure". Pandas are now confined to Sichuan, Shannxi, and Gansu. Qionglai mountains area is the biggest habitat for the giant pandas, where 40% of the wild giant pandas live. Wolong is located in the middle of Qionglai Mountains.
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Wolong Nature Reserve, situated between 102°52’-103°24’/E and 30045/-31025/N, was established in 1963, and has an area of 200,000 hectares. It is a comprehensive national reserve focusing on the protection of alpine ecosystems and rare species such as the giant panda, golden monkey, takins and the dove tree. There are over 4000 species of plants and animals currently recorded in the reserve. It houses more than 150 wild Giant Pandas who count for 10% of the total number in the country; there are more than 80 species of rare animals and plants here and it is also an important area to protect the Giant Panda and other rare animals and plants.
In June 1980, with the effort of WWF and the Chinese Government, the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda was established in Wolong National Nature Conservation. After many years of hard work, the dedicated researchers and breeders made great progress in breeding Giant Pandas. During this period there were 43 births, including 18 twins and one set of triplets (which the mother reared with assistance) for a total of 66 cubs, of which 53 survived. The average of survival rate was 91%. In recent 4 years, it has improved to 100%!
There are more than 4500 people in the Wolong Nature reserve. For many years, Wolong nature reserve administration burea succeeded in solving the problem between the protection and development, and the contradiction between protecting the resource and people's life. The habitat for the giant pandas enlarges gradually, the number of wild giant pandas increased from more than 90 in 1985 to more than 150. In 2002, to develop the education for giant pandas protection and research, Wolong Panda Museum of China was opened.
Now people in Wolong reserve are working hard to make Wolong the first class reserve and the best biology tour area. Their policy is to pay more attention to protection, strengthening the research, increasing development, and keeping stability.
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