Can science save the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)? Unifying science and policy in an adaptive management paradigm
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Issue Date
2011Subject
GIANT PANDASENDANGERED SPECIES
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
CONSERVATION
HABITATS
HABITAT CONSERVATION
ANIMAL-HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
POPULATIONS
RESEARCH
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
ENDANGERED SPECIES
CHINA
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
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Integrative ZoologyVolume
6Issue
3Begin page
290End page
296
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…Here, we review recent developments in giant panda conservation science and propose a strategic plan for moving panda conservation forward…. Specific threats, such as habitat destruction, anthropogenic disturbance and fragmented nonviable populations, need to be addressed simultaneously by researchers, managers and policy-makers working in concert to understand and overcome these obstacles to species recovery. With the backing of the Chinese Government and the conservation community, the giant panda can become a high-profile test species for this much touted, but rarely implemented, approach to conservation management….Type
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© 2011 ISZS, Blackwell Publishing and IOZ/CASae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00250.x
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