How can we help pandas live?

How can we help pandas live?

Purpose of the Panda Reserves

  • Protect the forest or habitat of the Giant Pandas.
  • Protect bamboo, the Giant Pandas’ major food source.
  • Provide corridors for Giant Panda migrations between habitat areas.
  • Patrol the reserves to prevent poaching and logging.
  • Patrol the reserves to search for sick or injured Giant Pandas.

How are we helping to save the pandas?

Your donation goes towards the organization’s conservation efforts. Giant pandas live on bamboo, which is scarce because bamboo trees are being cut down to make paper, which is destroying their natural habitat and only food source. By not using fewer paper products, you are helping to protect pandas from extinction.

What kind of food do Giant Pandas need?

Giant pandas need to live in forests that provide them with their primary source of food–bamboo. But one of the problems with the bear’s food source is that bamboo dies after it flowers, leaving nothing for the pandas to eat. Therefore, pandas need to constantly migrate to find new patches of bamboo.

Is there a way to reduce the impact of Panda tourism?

Panda tourism is on the rise. The Chinese government and WWF are now working on ways to reduce the impact of tourism on panda habitats, by promoting eco-tourism. For more information on the best way to limit your impact, read our travel smart tips.

Why are pandas being cut down to make paper?

Giant pandas live on bamboo, which is scarce because bamboo trees are being cut down to make paper, which is destroying their natural habitat and only food source. By not using fewer paper products, you are helping to protect pandas from extinction.

Why should we save the giant panda?

We should do everything we can to save the giant panda because we are the ones that have driven it to the edge of extinction. And because we can. But pandas also play a crucial role in China’s bamboo forests by spreading seeds and helping the vegetation to grow. So by saving pandas, we will also be saving so much more.

How can people save pandas?

One of the best ways humans can protect giant pandas is by preserving their natural habitat. Giant pandas need to live in forests that provide them with their primary source of food– bamboo . But one of the problems with the bear’s food source is that bamboo dies after it flowers, leaving nothing for the pandas to eat.

Why are giant pandas endangered?

Giant pandas are endangered because their digestive systems and breeding habits make them very difficult to keep alive. One baby panda born last weekend at the National Zoo has died, further highlighting what a tough species this is to bring back from the brink. (Getty)

Why are pandas not bears?

Unlike all the other bears, which are omnivorous and eat both meat and plants, pandas are almost exclusively herbivorous , munching on bamboo day in and day out. Though they have very occasionally been seen eating small animals, the vast majority of a panda’s diet comes from bamboo. That is, in a word, not very bear-like.