On October 27, we will celebrate the 6th International Panda Day. The establishment of International Panda Day aims to encourage all sectors of society at home and abroad to pay attention to and support the protection of other species and the natural ecological environment just as they care for giant pandas, and encourage the public to realize that as long as they care for nature and are willing to act, the current biodiversity situation can be alleviated or even reversed. A downward trend in sex.

The giant panda (scientific name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a rare animal unique to China and a national treasure of China. It belongs to the phylum Chordata, the class Mammalia, the order Carnivora, the family Ursidae, the subfamily Giant Panda, and the giant panda. It is a mammal endemic to China, with only two subspecies.

In 2016, the giant panda was listed It is listed on the endangered species list of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and is rated as Vulnerable (VU). In 1988, the giant panda was officially listed as a first-level protected animal by our country. After the 1990 Asian Games, it became a real "national treasure" of our country.

In 1984, the giant panda was listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Giant pandas are plump, plump and cute, with a round head and short tail. The head and body are 1.2-1.8 meters long, and the tail is 10-12 centimeters long. Weighing 80-120 kilograms, the heaviest can reach 180 kilograms. The body color is black and white, with round cheeks and large dark circles under the eyes. It also has the iconic pigeon-toed walking style and scalpel-like sharp claws. Giant pandas have thick skin, up to 10 mm at its thickest point. The black and white appearance helps it hide in the trees of dense forests and on the snowy ground and is not easily discovered by natural enemies. They live in dense bamboo forests at an altitude of 2,600-3,500 meters, where the air is thin and cloudy all year round, and the temperature is below 20°C. There are sufficient bamboos, the topography and the distribution of water sources are conducive to this species building nests, hiding and raising young. Giant pandas are good at climbing trees and love to play. The behavior of climbing trees is generally a way for the weak to avoid the strong when the marriage proposal is approaching, or to escape danger, or when they meet each other. Giant pandas spend half of their time eating every day, and most of the remaining half of their time is spent sleeping. In the wild, giant pandas sleep for 2-4 hours between meals. 99% of the food of giant pandas is bamboo. There are more than 60 species of bamboo plants in 12 genera that can be eaten by giant pandas. The life span of giant pandas in the wild is 18-20 years, and they can exceed 30 years in captivity.

Giant pandas have lived on the earth for at least 8 million years. They are known as "living fossils" and "China's national treasures" and are the flagship species for the world's biodiversity conservation. As of January 2021, China's wild population of giant pandas has increased to 1,864. Giant pandas are endemic to China and their main habitats are the mountainous areas of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu in China.

China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (referred to as China Green Development Council, China Green Development Council) has long been focused on protecting biodiversity and green development. In order to protect the giant panda, a rare and unique species in China, we not only attach great importance to the publicity work of giant panda protection, but also carry out practical protection actions.

In September 2021, as one of the CBCGDF CBD COP15 themed publicity series activities, the CBCGDF Green Youth Working Group organized two public welfare science popularization activities in 57 middle schools, with the theme of "Biodiversity is human The topic "The Basis of Survival" introduced students to the current status of biodiversity conservation and why we must do a good job in this conservation work. After the charity class on September 30, 2021, the children donated their heartfelt ink painting of a giant panda to the Green Society Green Society, hoping that the Green Society representatives could bring it to the CBD COP15 venue in Kunming to convey the message Students’ concern and care for biological diversity.

In 2017, some volunteers went to the green The Political Research Office reported that the quarrying area of ​​Yutai Stone Industry Co., Ltd. in Qingchuan County, Guangyuan, Sichuan is located within the national nature reserve, causing the habitat of giant pandas to be destroyed. After receiving the report from the volunteers, the CBCGDF Political Research Office attached great importance to it and started investigating. The quarry was located on the periphery and inside the core area of ​​the Tangjiahe Nature Reserve (both were mined), and some of the quarries were mined across the border. This place is a virgin forest. Once the environment is damaged due to mining, it can never be restored. In addition, there are giant pandas, Sichuan golden monkeys, and takin, national first-level protected animals in the Tangjiahe Nature Reserve. Mining has severely damaged the habitats of these first-level protected animals. According to the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Nature Reserves", mining and quarrying are not allowed either in the core area (of the nature reserve) or in the buffer zone. In order to protect the habitats of rare species such as giant pandas, the CBCGDF Political Research Office filed an environmental public interest litigation with the Guangyuan Intermediate People’s Court of Sichuan in 2018.