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--Syed shahveer ali shah (talk) 15:08, 28 September 2015 (UTC) chines authorities have advised an ambitious plan to save the giant panda from the ravages of deforestation.Syed Shahveer assesses the creature's chances of avoiding extinction.

A The giant panda, the creature that has become a symbol of conservation, is facing extinction. The major reason is loss of habitat, which has continued despite the establishment, since 1963, of 14 panda reserves. Deforestation, mainly carried out by farmers clearing to land to make way for fields as they move higher into the mountains, has drastically contracted the mammal's range. The panda has disappeared from much of central and eastern China, and is now restricted to the eastern flank of the Himalayas in Sichuan and Gansu provinces, and the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxie province. Fewer then 1400 of the animals are believed to remain in the wild.

The latest conservation management plan for the panda, prepared by China's Ministry of forestry and the world wide fund for nature, aims primarily to maintain panda habitats and to ensure that populations are linked wherever possible. The plan will change some existing reserve boundaries, establish 14 new reserves and protect or replant corridors of forest between panda islands. Other measures include better control of poaching, which remains a problem despite strict laws, as panda skin fetch high prices; reducing the degradation of habitats out side reserves; and reforestation.

The plan is ambitious. Implementation will be expensive-Yuan 56.6 million (US$ 12.5million) will be needed for the development of the panda reserves- and will require participation by individuals raning from villagers to government officials.

Thanks, research carried out by syed shahveer