How is the giant panda affected by the environment of China?
Giant pandas are native to China and have been on the International Union for Conservation of Nature endangered species list since 1990. There are fewer than 2,500 giant pandas in the wild; some studies indicate fewer than 1,000.Forced OutGiant pandas were driven to remote mountain locations in China because of climate changes, hunting by humans and thousands of years of cultivation of lower land areas.EnvironmentMost of the world’s wild giant pandas live in the remote mountains of Sichuan province in China. The pandas’ current chosen location has everything to do with their staple food: arrow bamboo.Shrinking SupplyPandas receive most of their nutrition from bamboo, but farming, bamboo harvesting and industrial development have further depleted the giant pandas’ habitat, making it even more difficult for the animals to find food.Bamboo CyclesArrow bamboo flowers and dies once every 60 years before regenerating. The last flowering cycle in the Sichuan region was in 2007, when the panda
