Recently, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration announced that the total wild population of giant pandas in my country has increased from about 1,100 in the 1980s to nearly 1,900, and the number of captive pandas worldwide has reached 728, realizing the protection of giant panda habitats. The area and wild population have "double growth".

Chengdu is an important habitat for giant pandas, and wild giant panda habitats are protected On the other hand, according to the fourth giant panda census data, there are 73 wild giant pandas active all year round in the Chengdu area of ​​the Giant Panda National Park, accounting for 4% of the number of wild giant pandas in the national park. Relying on the construction of national parks, what effective measures have been taken to protect giant pandas in Chengdu?

In October 2021, the Giant Panda National Park was officially established. Among them, the Chengdu area of ​​the Giant Panda National Park involves four counties (cities): Dujiangyan City, Pengzhou City, Chongzhou City, and Dayi County.

To build a complete ecological corridor for giant panda habitats, giant panda habitat restoration is a key part. At present, the giant panda habitat restoration in Chengdu area is carried out based on the principle of natural restoration and artificial restoration as a supplement. The Chengdu area will carry out the first artificial restoration of habitats in 2023. Construction will be carried out at Dujiangyan Changheba, Dayi Huoshixi, Chongzhou Baliping and other points, and acceptance will be completed by December 2023.

At present, artificial restoration is mainly aimed at some key ecologically fragile areas. "It plays a leading role in the entire giant panda habitat restoration work and focuses on repairing." said the relevant person in charge of the Chengdu Panda Branch , in the future, we will continue to use artificial restoration to drive the natural restoration of the ecosystem, and consider appropriately combining ecological landscape effects, appropriately integrating into the needs of coordinated community development, natural education, ecological experience, etc., to promote the improvement of the quality of giant panda habitats and ensure the health and stability of the ecosystem. .

In recent years, rare wild animals and plants living in the Chengdu area of ​​the Giant Panda National Park have Frequently send "video connections" with fellow citizens. This is due to the infrared cameras deployed in the Chengdu area that capture the traces of animals. This year, a batch of smart infrared cameras that can transmit infrared triggered image data in real time were installed through self-organizing network technology. These cameras have also been expanded with infrared sensors, temperature, humidity and pressure, air quality, altitude, longitude and latitude sensors, and can collect a variety of environmental information. At the same time, in order to reduce human interference, electronic fences will be implemented, targeted text message pilots will be carried out, and functions such as text message reminders for entering core protected areas will be implemented.

Scientific research supports the further advancement of giant panda protection. The Chengdu area has also carried out seven scientific research projects in various fields, including monitoring wild giant panda epidemics, improving wildlife rescue capabilities, establishing a DNA genetic resource library for wild giant pandas, and transforming artificial low-efficiency forests.

The Chengdu area of ​​the Giant Panda National Park mobilizes local residents to become "guardians." In 2022 and 2023, 322 and 600 ecological management and protection public welfare positions will be provided to community residents in the Chengdu area, and local residents will be hired to participate in patrol monitoring, collective resource ecological management and protection, forest fire prevention and protection in the Chengdu area of ​​the Giant Panda National Park Publicity and guidance and other public welfare work.