Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
Ylenia Di Martino and Alessia Aversa
The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuary (SGPS), is located in the Qionglai and Jiajin Mountains.
It is principally renowned for its important conservation of the giant panda, recognized as a “National Treasure” in China.
SGPS includes seven nature reserves and nine scenic parks in four prefectures.
The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, is the home of more than 30% of the world's highly endangered Giant Pandas and is among the most important sites for the captive farming of these pandas. The sanctuaries are also a refuge to other globally endangered animals such as the red panda, the snow leopard and the clouded leopard. Outside the tropical rainforests, it is among the botanically richest sites of the world. The reasons for this diversity include the wide range of different habitat types, climatic gradation, the variety of rocks and the complex connections with other floristic regions.
Priorities for future management include:
- progressively increasing the level of staff and resources within all property reserves
- improving the coordination relationship between all property reserves
- better supporting scientific research and educatio
- maximising tourism benefits and minimising tourism impact
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The sichuan giant panda sanctuary has exceptional value for biodiversity conservation and can demonstrate how ecosystem management systems can work across the borders of national and provincial protected areas.
