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Panda Dung Makes ‘Green’ Souvenir

by Ling Li on August 7, 2007
The Research and Breeding Center for Giant Pandas in Chengdu, the capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, is offering a new line of panda-themed souvenirs made from the animals’ manure.

Chinese Sturgeon Struggling to Survive in the Yangtze

by Ling Li on May 10, 2007
The future of the Chinese Sturgeon, a large migrating fish that has survived in the Yangtze River for nearly 140 million years, is increasingly threatened by pollution, damming, overfishing, and heavy boat traffic in the waterway.

Biologists Call for Ban on Wild Animal Feasting by Officials

by Shan Sun on April 12, 2007
Two renowned Chinese biologists recently called on the central government to ban the consumption of endangered wild animals by government officials. Xu Zhihong, the president of Peking University, and Pan Wenshi, a professor at the university, recommended that the government enact laws to prohibit officials from eating rare or endangered wildlife items such as shark fin, abalone, giant salamander, and spotted deer, and that it evaluate all government representatives on their eating behavior.

Public Fury Halts Government-Sponsored Slaughter of Endangered Wildlife

by Jianqiang Liu on October 31, 2006
The Chinese public has won a rare battle against the country’s State Forestry Administration (SFA) by preventing 289 wild animals, including several endangered species, from being hunted down.

Invasive Snail, Other Species Threaten China's Eco-Security

by Zijun Li on September 12, 2006
Over the past three months, the Amazonian Snail, also known as the golden apple snail, has wreaked havoc on public health and agricultural land in China. Since June, the city of Beijing has reported 131 cases of people infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a lungworm parasite carried by the mollusk, which is native to South America.

China's Remaining Intact Forests Face Grim Threat

by Yingling Liu on March 23, 2006
Only 0.1 percent of China's intact forest landscapes—which cover an area of 55,448 square kilometers, or 2 percent of the nation's total forest resources—are under strict protection.
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