1/11/2024 0 Comments Thumbs up panda![]() This is just one of many ways that TNC is working with people to protect wildlife. Red pandas live in high-altitude, temperate forests with bamboo understories in the Himalayas and other high mountains. It has already generated $300,000 through catalog orders for things like honey, eggs, chickens, sausage and persimmons. Adult red pandas typically weigh between 8 and 17 pounds (3.6 and 7.7 kilograms) and are 22 to 24.6 inches (56 to 62.5 centimeters) long, plus a tail of 14.6 to 18.6 inches (37 to 47.2 centimeters). To start, TNC is helping jump-start a guesthouse and an agriculture program that connects farmers to high-end markets for sustainable food products. The Conservancy and others are also working to tie nearby villages into a sustainable economy so people won’t have to venture into the reserves to hunt, fish or gather resources. Over time, we aim to mobilize the private sector to protect China’s land through voluntary action. Our goal is to create 10 land trust reserves together with our partners by the end of 2020. Now, The Nature Conservancy is testing a model that will enable Chinese land trusts to protect and sustainably manage China’s most important lands and waters, provide livelihood solutions for communities living near reserves, and create a mechanism to finance long-term reserve management through private contributions. 1 July 2022 / Qamariya Nasrullah Giant pandas give bamboo two thumbs up And have been doing so for six million years. But in 2008-while maintaining ownership of all land-the government opened the door for Chinese private entities to hold forestland use rights. And, until recently, China’s strict landownership laws made it difficult for non-governmental organizations to play a significant role in land protection. ![]() The Chinese government has established more than 2,500 nature reserves throughout the country, but most aren’t well funded or actively managed. ![]() Only about 1,800 wild giant pandas now survive in the wild. A majority of these pandas live on a series of 62 reserves which, with help from The Nature Conservancy, China is attempting to weave together into a “Giant Panda National Park.” ![]()
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