<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005">
<channel xmlns:cfi="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005/internal" cfi:lastdownloaderror="None">
<title cf:type="text"><![CDATA[Journal of Earth Environment -->Res. Comm.]]></title>
<item>
<title xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005" cf:type="text"><![CDATA[Don’t say the giant panda is not endangered]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://jee.ieecas.cn/dqhjxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201705001&flag=1]]></link>
<description xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005" cf:type="html"><![CDATA[The number of pandas has increased to 1864 individuals, and the IUCN downgraded the conservation status of the giant pandas from endangered to vulnerable on September, 2016. However, this action was too optimistic, and it is too early to say that the giant panda is no longer endangered. (1) Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration has increased from 280 to more 400 ppm since the industrial revolution and is projected to increase continuously. Plant growth and development are regulated by environment conditions. CO<sub>2</sub>-enhanced warming will speed up the frequency of bamboo reproduction. Climatic change decreases the pandas’ survival by decreasing their food security. Temperature increases also are leading to increases in population sizes and cycles of herbivorous insects (such as Leucania separata, Algedonia coclesalis, Azygophleps sp, Pleonomus canalitlflatus). (2) Most of the habitat of the Sichuan subspecies of panda lies within the 470 km long active fracture zone of the Longmenshan earthquake belt. The Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 has resulted further decline of vegetation in Wolong Nature conservation zone. The potential stress still remains. (3) With the development of highways and universal access to private cars, ecotourism is becoming more and more popular in China, especially in protected areas where wildlife is concentrated and easier to observe. Ecotourism impacts hormone secretions, metabolism, productivity, and increases susceptibility to infectious disease. (4) Air pollution is more and more serious, so it stresses the giant panda’s health. These threats to panda health have not been given attention in panda conservation. Panda conservation is a long-term process, and the entire world should continue to pay close attention to issues involved in conservation of giant pandas.]]></description>
<pubDate>2017/11/10 15:16:22</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Res. Comm.]]></category>
<author><![CDATA[CHEN Yiping<sup>1</sup>, ELLISON Aaron M<sup>2</sup>]]></author>
<atom:author xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<atom:name>CHEN Yiping<sup>1</sup>, ELLISON Aaron M<sup>2</sup></atom:name>
</atom:author>
<guid><![CDATA[http://jee.ieecas.cn/dqhjxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201705001&flag=1]]></guid><cfi:id>1</cfi:id><cfi:read>true</cfi:read></item>
</channel>
</rss>