Pandas celebrate.Last December December: see month. marked the 25th anniversary of wild-panda conservation in China. The long effort bears good news for the endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. , which is at risk of dying out. Wild pandas' biggest threat is habitat loss due to construction and logging. Conservation has led to the creation of nearly 60 land reserves to safeguard pandas and their forest homes. As a result, there are approximately 1,600 wild pandas today. "That's 50 percent more than in the 1980S," says Karen Baragona, a conservation scientist at World Wildlife Fund. NATIONAL TREASURE: Pandas are native to forests in the mountainous moun·tain·ous adj. 1. Having many mountains. 2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves. mountainous Adjective 1. regions of Southwest China Southwest China (Chinese: 西南; pinyin: Xinan) is a region of China defined by governmental bureaus that includes the municipality of Chongqing; provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou; and the Tibet Autonomous Region. . |
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