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Quantifying Ecological Performance of Giant Panda Conservation: Evidence from Sichuan Province

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FORESTS
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f12121701

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giant panda; landscape pattern; habitat quality; ecological niche evaluation model; driving factor

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The study found that the area of non-forested land in giant panda habitats decreased, with high-quality land-use types decreasing while low/middle-quality types increased. Chinese giant panda conservation projects have not only promoted changes in conservation thought and management, but also emphasize the balance between conservation and development, aiming to promote the coexistence of humans and giant pandas.
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a symbolic and flagship species in the field of endangered wildlife conservation. We studied the changing and driving factors of landscape patterns in Sichuan giant panda habitats through image interpretation and ecological niche evaluation models. According to land-use and cover-change analysis, we also studied the structural changes in habitat over the past two decades and used empirical analysis to evaluate the relative ecological niche widths and overlap of giant panda distribution areas in 1995 and 2015. It is found the area of non-forested land decreased significantly from 1995 to 2015. It is interesting that the high-quality land-use types tended to decrease but low/middle-quality land-use types tended to increase over the past 20 years. Giant panda conservation projects in China have promoted changes in conservation thought and management, as well as the innovation of technical means over the studied period. The goals of Chinese giant panda conservation projects are not only to facilitate giant panda reproduction but also to alleviate the contradiction between conservation and development and promote the coexistence of humans and giant pandas.

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