In January 2017, the Giant Panda National Park formally announced its pilot programme. Why building this park? This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells that it aims to not only facilitate the preservation of rare and precious species such as giant pandas and the ecological system, but also facilitate the coordinated development with the people in the surrounding communities.
In January 2017, the Giant Panda National Park formally announced its pilot programme. Why is it necessary to handle people-park relations? This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells that the preservation of wild animals or their habitats depends on the local people and their support.
There is such a group of guardians in the Giant Panda National Park - the protective patrolmen. The natural conditions such as severe cold, gale and snowstorms are often extremely volatile and dangerous, which elevate the problems the patrolmen face on a daily basis.
The patrolmen in the Giant Panda National Park have to create their own paths, crossing snow-capped mountains, bamboo forests and vertical cliffs. While walking, they should record the wildlife and feces found along the way, so as to bring back first-hand information for scientific monitoring and research.
This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells about an outdoor nature education class in the Longxi-Hongkou National Nature Reserve. The reserve has been running similar courses for four years, and has actively developed the brand “giant panda class” and co-created a book series for science popularisation, as it continues to expand the vessels for nature education.
This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells that since the launch of pilot programmes of the Giant Panda National Park, different events have been taking place everywhere, providing a lasting impetus for the development of public education. These actions are to help the general public get to know the Giant Panda National Park better, and enhance their awareness and daily preservation behaviour.
On August 6, 2020, a giant panda appeared for the first time in camera No. 37 in the Tudiling Giant Panda Corridor in Mao county. This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells that in recent years, as the Giant Panda Corridor centering on Tudiling began to be formed, vegetation restoration and conservation were carried out to connect the giant panda habitats.
The results of the fourth giant panda survey show that the habitat of giant pandas in Qinling Mountains is divided into six relatively isolated areas for local populations by roads and villages. This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells that the Giant Panda National Park is built for vegetation restoration and reduction of human activities in the region to improve the situation.
Decades of years ago, the first generation of giant panda research experts set up tents on the mountains in Wolong, Sichuan Province. This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells how they unraveled the mystery of panda life in the wild in a challenging working environment.
In 2019, a pilot project for the construction of the Giant Panda National Park was launched. Six infrared video camera-monitoring points were set up in the Baishuijiang reserve. This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells how this panda face recognition system helps to establish an image database of giant pandas in the wild.
The Fazhan Village in Longcanggou Town is in the border area outside the Giant Panda National Park. This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells how the once impoverished local villagers improve their lives by developing tourism industry in the region.
The ancient Paxijia Village is home to the Baima Tibetans. Their love of pandas has penetrated all aspects of their life. This episode jointly produced by iPanda and the Giant Panda National Park tells how tourism is boosted in this village while the local culture is meanwhile preserved.
According to the recent inspections of the photos and video footages taken by the infrared cameras installed in the Tangjiahe area of the Giant panda National Park, three wild pandas left their own territories to look for partners in April, which is their breeding season.
Recently, the staff of the Tangjiahe area of the Giant Panda National Park captured a spectacular scene. A herd of wild takins cross the river and go uphill together. Takins are one of the most common herbivores in Tangjiahe, and they usually move in a herd with a stable amount of members. Thanks to the fruitful protection work in Tangjiahe in recent years, the natural environment has been restored to a better condition, and the number of wild takins in the area has increased to 1,300.
On April 12, a rare footage of two wild pandas fighting fiercely was found in the infrared cameras installed in the Xinyi region of the Giant Panda National Park. In the video, the two wild pandas were wrestling face to face like sumo wrestlers in the snow at night. The fight lasted 17 minutes, and finally one of the pandas left the scene.According to panda expert Zhang Hemin, the two wild pandas were strongly believed to have been fighting for the right to mate with a female.
Baishuijiang Reserve of the Giant Panda National Park found the footage of wild giant panda moms and their cubs in the Reserve when checking the monitoring footage during the first quarter of 2021. They are believed to be four different families of wild giant panda moms and cubs living in the different areas of the Reserve, and the average age of the panda cubs is between one and two years old, and all of them are in healthy conditions.
Recently, an impressive 'selfie' of a giant panda was found by the staff working in the Fengtongzhai area of China's Giant Panda National Park. Since the placement of the infrared cameras in the reserve, precious images of various wild animals, including sambars, antelopes, and Temminck's tragopans, have been captured many times, showing the achievement of ecological protection.
