Wild Panda Habit “Moderately Affected” By Earthquake

/ Post by Pandas International via Xinhua

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) indicates that the recent earthquake in China has had limited impacts on wild panda habitat. Aerial remote sensing images showed that the scale of landslides triggered by the quake in the Giant Pandas’ base located in badly hit Baoxing County, Ya’an City, has not been substantial so far, said the CAS.

Ya’an holds about 4,700 square km of giant panda habitats, accounting for 30 percent of its total area. According to the CAS, a total of 3,693 square km, or nearly 80 percent of panda habitats in Ya’an, had been “moderately affected” by the quake.