Owen's environment issue ''Giant panda

Giant panda 

The issue:Fewer than 1,600 giant pandas are left in the world, making it the rarest bear species. They live in a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. The species once lived in lowland areas of the country but lost its habitat in those regions because of farming, deforestation, and other development. You can watch these creatures on cams run by the National Zoo and the San Diego Zoo.

 The solution:In recent years, China has stepped up efforts to protect pandas from deforestation and poaching. But Liu says the country has yet to consider the long-term effects of climate change in its conservation planning. Aside from increasing nature reserve areas where pandas are protected, Liu wants China to lower its use of fuels that release greenhouse gases—as should the rest of the world. "The future of pandas," he says, "is in our hands.

 My opinion: The bamboo is the food of panda. People have chop down lots of bamboo trees for the panda's food that which it makes the loss of the panda

 My solutions:Yes we need to stop deforestation.