Question

1. Describe the resistance people could have regarding conservation of Red Panda. Does it affect their income and reduce their ability to do something?
2. Why is it important to have these people on board for conservation of Red Panda
3. Suggest ways to help solve the problems that cause resistance to conservation. Would it be possible to convert a resistant person to become a conservation proponent?

Answer 1

Resistance people could have regarding conservation of Red Panda is by reduce habitat degradation by planting bamboo, requiring tourist permits, restricting entry during the breeding season, reducing livestock that trampled undergrowth, and improving fire protection. Reduce deaths by strengthening and enforcing hunting and poaching laws.

Trophy hunting generates incentives for landowners to conserve or restore wildlife, generates revenue for wildlife management and conservation including anti-poaching activities, increases the tolerance for living with wildlife and reduces illegal killing.

License fees allow the employment of wildlife biologists who monitor game populations, set quotas and enforce game laws. The cost of preservation in countries with limited tourism is borne by governments which have few incentives to invest toward protecting game refuges.

Conservation of Red Panda is important because The red panda is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because the global population is estimated at about 10,000 individuals, with a decreasing population trend; Due to its shy and secretive nature, and its largely nocturnal habits, observation of red pandas is difficult. Therefore, population figures in the wild are determined by population density estimates and not direct counts. It is protected in all range countries, and hunting is illegal.

Worldwide population estimates range from fewer than 2,500 to between 16,000 and 20,000 individuals. In 1999, the total population in China was estimated at between 3,000 and 7,000 individuals. In 2001, the wild population in India was estimated at between 5,000 and 6,000 individuals. Estimates for Nepal indicate only a few hundred individuals.

Problem that cause resistance to these conservations are climate change, habitat factors, anthropogenic disturbance, etc. Climate change will reduce the fragmentation of suitable habitat at high elevations and exacerbate the fragmentation of subsuitable habitat below 1,900 m above sea level. Reduced fragmentation at higher elevations and worsening fragmentation at lower elevations have the potential to cause overcrowding of giant pandas at higher altitudes, further exacerbating habitat shortage in the central Qinling Mountains. The habitat shift to the east due to climate change may provide new areas for giant pandas but poses severe challenges for future conservation.

A resistant person can also become a conservation proponent by taking simples steps.Conservation as a whole needs truly competent and dedicated people from ALL sectors of society; the only method of conservation that works is integration with society, and for that, just about any profession well-exercised in a conservation area gets you there.