Monday, May 15, 2006

People's Daily Online -- Bamboo tunnel to help panda groups reunite

People's Daily Online -- Bamboo tunnel to help panda groups reunite: "In 2005, WWF made a socio-economic survey and worked out the threats to giant pandas in the area. In September 2005, the international conservation organization co-operated with the nature reserve to begin restoring the giant panda habitat in the area. The project began yesterday is part of the effort.

'The project is an active and valuable attempt by WWF and our partners to connect the fragmented habitats in the Qinling Mountains,' said Dermot O'Gorman, representative of the WWF China Programme.

'We hope the green bamboo corridor can connect the panda populations separated by the highway, free the animal from human and traffic disturbance, and bring new hope to the conservation of wild giant pandas in Qinling.'"

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