Giant_Panda_National_Park

Giant Panda National Park

Giant Panda National Park

National Park in China


Giant Panda National Park (大熊猫国家公园) is a national park of China. It is a large protected area within the Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi provinces of China. Established in 2020, the park is made up of roughly 70 nature reserves and surpasses 10,000 square miles in size, making it more than three times the size of Yellowstone National Park.[1]

The main purpose of the park is to protect China's small giant panda population and is home to 1,864 giant pandas, 80% of the population of the species in China.[2] This amount is most of the population of giant pandas worldwide.[3] The park connected 67 existing reserves into one large amalgamation to better protect the pandas.[1]


References

  1. Magazine, Smithsonian; Solly, Meilan. "China's National Panda Park Will Be Three Times the Size of Yellowstone". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  2. "Giant Panda National Park (Official GANP Park Page)". national-parks.org. Retrieved 2022-12-22.


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