Yesterday, the International Research Center for Giant Panda Conservation Biology in Chengdu, set up to global warming case, sustained attention to protection of endangered wildlife
June 7, from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and the Global Fund co-founder of Coase's "International Research Center for Giant Panda Conservation Biology" was established in Chengdu. The center will focus on the giant panda as the representative of the rare and endangered wild animal protection and support.
The center is located in the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. Director Zhang base and, in recent years, the Chengdu Giant Panda Base with Japan, the United States, Spain and other countries of cooperation, as at the end of 2010, the base of the overseas population surviving pandas have successfully bred 18. "Although the work of Giant Panda Breeding in captivity more successful, but wild pandas and other rare and endangered wildlife faces many threats." Zhang, and said the global warming problem and needs to set a global wisdom, common search for solutions.
The center aims to strengthen international cooperation, continued protection of giant pandas and other rare and endangered wild animals. Will integrate domestic and overseas technology, talent and capital, through scientific research, public education and other means to address global warming and other adverse factors, giant pandas and other rare and endangered wild animals, long-term survival, development threats.
Foundation president John Butt global Korth told reporters, the Foundation has called for the Centre to six biologists of the "big names" to join, such as the world-famous ecologist, physiologist James Shisi Barth, he reptiles, amphibians, who has studied thermoregulation; Chris, Dr. Krishna, the main study animal heat balance, and apply research in the field test.
John Barth said that climate warming is the problem facing the world. Panda experts from the field survey records found that nearly 10 years, the wild giant panda habitat in the mountainous areas began to migrate to higher, panda span stand the cold, cold place like the road to more. "Endangered animals trying to survive, how to better protect them in the direction of our research."
After the establishment of the Centre, experts from the giant panda metabolism, body temperature regulation and other areas of reflection. At the same time, will provide technical support to help the wild animal habitat base, the use of remote sensing systems and micro-detection instrument, such as weather analysis, the study of human impact on the environment.
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Global non-profit public interest organization Coase Foundation, headquartered in Virginia's Fairfax County. Foundation, whose goal is to support international cooperation to find practical and effective measures to address climate change on biological diversity and environmental threats.
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Panda free to look at wildlife photography exhibition
"British Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition" winning the 2010 world tour, in the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base began. June 7, the reporter saw at the festival site, on display 83 works in the show the charm of nature, but also reveals the destruction of human nature.
Endangered tarsier eyes wide open, the sperm whale injured sea cruise ... ... exhibited in the scene depicting exquisite wildlife photography, and simple to show the beauty of the Earth, passing humans and the environment, wildlife relations. Vivid picture, so that people feel the beauty of wildlife, but also to acknowledge the human responsibility to protect endangered animals.
British Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition by the British bbc "Wildlife" magazine jointly with the British Museum of Natural History. Since its inception in 1964, the competition has become a top wildlife photography competition in 2009 attracted more than 90 countries, professional photographers and photography enthusiasts.
Film Festival will continue until June 25, Panda Base visit here will be open to the public free of charge. Source: Sichuan Daily
