#Panda Nation

[reasonsforhope]

The population of giant pandas in the wild has nearly doubled as China steps up its conservation efforts.

China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration said on Jan 25 there are now around 1,900 pandas in the wild from some 1,100 in the 1980s.

This has been due to China’s efforts to protect the species, considered a national treasure, said Mr Zhang Yue, an official with the administration.

The Giant Panda National Park was established in October 2021, covering a total area of over 22,000 sq km and providing a home to around 72 per cent of the wild giant panda population.

Protected areas for giant pandas have grown from 1.39 million ha to 2.58 million ha since 2012.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has adjusted the status of giant pandas from “endangered” to “vulnerable”.

“This indicates that China’s giant panda conservation efforts have been recognised by the international wildlife conservation community,” Mr Zhang said.

The global captive population of giant pandas, meanwhile, has now reached 728, with 46 pandas successfully bred in captivity in 2023.

The genetic diversity of captive giant pandas has also improved. The current captive population of giant pandas can maintain 90 per cent genetic diversity for up to 200 years.

As for giant pandas living abroad, Mr Zhang said China has organised field inspections and assessments of 23 overseas cooperation institutions in 19 countries since 2023.

“The cooperation institutions generally meet the requirements in terms of venue construction, feeding and nursing, and disease prevention and control measures,” Mr Zhang said, adding that pandas living abroad are generally “in good health”.

He said China will further improve the international cooperation management mechanism for giant pandas, carry out regular daily health monitoring and field inspection and assessment, and continue to strengthen cooperation with international partners for the protection of endangered species and biodiversity.

-via The Straits Times, January 25, 2024

[hustledimension]

I was made aware of this through a reddit post: we can nominate movies to be preserved in the National Film Registry, and we should nominate some Dreamworks movies. Shrek is already in it. The criteria is that the nominations must be at least 10 years old and an American film. With this in mind, I think we should nominate the following movies to be preserved in the registry:

The Prince of Egypt

Chicken Run

Kung Fu Panda

How to Train Your Dragon

You can nominate up to 50 movies at this submission form. Deadline is August 15. The Library of Congress also has a list of notable movies that haven't been preserved in the registry yet, which includes other Dreamworks movies you could nominate:

The Road to El Dorado

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Shrek 2

Shark Tale

Madagascar

Over the Hedge

Bee Movie

Monsters vs. Aliens

Shrek Forever After

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots 1

Rise of the Guardians

The Croods

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Penguins of Madagascar

[sundry-whovengerslocked]

so I had a Big Brain Moment...

had this been done? I don't think it has

there's so much more I couldn't fit. so much more. feel free to expand on this (or make it look better)

other things:

since avatar is based off of Asian culture technically zuko also helped save China

all could be seen as an lgbt allegory

mulan and zuko both fighting for their honor (why didn't I think of that sooner, it's so obvious!)

atla had the kyoshi warriors and mulan fought with a fan

atla and mulan both had a strong woman having men to do drag

all have fairly recognizable voices

all at some point had talking animals (mushu, aang's sleep deprivation hallucinations scene)

zuko and mulan both had pivotal hair cutting scenes

all of them being physically different than others in some way (po being the only panda at first and being made fun of for being fat, mulan being a woman warrior, zuko and his scar) (this along with other things fits into the lgbt allegory idea)

badass old men (iroh and bumi, oogway and shifu, the emperor)

po and mulan both meet flower symbolism (the peach tree vs the cherry blossom tree)

atla and kung-fu panda both have turtles/tortoises as wise figures

mulan and zuko both wear badass clothes

all underdogs who eventually earn the respect of pretty much everyone in their stories

zuko and po both being the comic relief at some point

zuko and po both joining an already well-established team and feeling left out at first (the gaang, the furious five)

shifu and iroh both essentially losing a son but in wildly different ways

lotus symbolism (po's birth name being little lotus, iroh's white lotus group, again the flower blooming quote for mulan)

mulan and po being bowed to by someone higher up than them (the emperor, shifu)

[ezralva]

Look at him clinging and hugging his whole body to his Yuta like some cute koala

I knew Toge will finally play a role in the battle! Yaay so proud of my other cutest bb having that much power over the King 😭 and moreover his and Yuta dueting in the battle. Isn't this the plan they cooked up the two of them way back after Gojo was unsealed, when they walked together in the dark hallway? Perhaps....the point is, GG didn't forget about that detail

Also another brownie point for Sukuna looking particularly handsome while being shocked lol

[bluepandaninja5]

HAPPY NATIONAL PANDA DAY!!

[pick-a-plush]

[whiskeymidnightsky]

Bears 101 - Nat Geo Wild

[istandonsnowpiles]

Panda at Panda Palooza

[lars093]

Pandas. PANDAS I LOVE PANDAS!!!

[ottombak]

National animal of China 🇨🇳

[murderousink23]

09/21/2024 is World Cleanup Day 🌎, Oktoberfest 🇩🇪, International Red Panda Day 🌎, National Pecan Cookie Day 🇺🇸, World Alzheimer's Day 🇺🇸, National Dance Day 💃 🇺🇸, Big Whopper Liar Day 🇺🇸, Boys' and Girls' Club Day for Kids 🇺🇸, International Coastal Cleanup Day 🇺🇸, International Eat An Apple Day 🍎 🇺🇸, Puppy Mill Awareness Day 🇺🇸, Responsible Dog Ownership Day 🇺🇸, Innergize Day 🇺🇸, Telegraph Pole Appreciation Day 🇬🇧, International Day of Peace 🇺🇳

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #NationalPandaDay:

Earliest published European image of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), based on the first skin sent to Europe, acquired by French missionary Armand David in China in 1869 and sent to Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.

Plate 50 in H. Milne-Edwards’ Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères (Paris, 1868-1874). BHL.

[doctorfriend79]

🐼 Happy National Panda Day! 🐼

[inyoureyes-415]

May 2022

Location: Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington D.C.