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Rainforest in Tongass National Park in Alaska
Photo: Michio Hoshino / Minden Pictures / National Geographic
Fang Wang has seen pandas in the wild four times in his research career.
"I was lucky," says the ecologist from the Chinese Fudan University in Shanghai.
The giant panda is a shy animal.
Wang often came across fresh panda droppings in the bamboo forests of the Qin Ling Mountains and still did not see a bear.
The People's Republic of China has designated 70 panda reserves since 1992 - with success.
Ailuropoda melanoleuca, once endangered, is now on the red list of threatened species only under endangered.
A panda sanctuary is to connect the individual areas, three times the size of the American Yellowstone Park.
"The panda is fine," says scientist Wang.
The herbivore with the black circles around the eyes is a poster boy for the protection of species - heraldic animal of the World Wide Fund For Nature, a favorite of many zoo visitors.
It is a symbol of what people can achieve when they are serious about saving a disappearing species.
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