My Unforgettable Experience
In the course of the 4th National Giant Panda Census, there were innumerable stories that we continue to cherish tenderly in our minds. I remember Yingjingj a pilot site for the census, where the Paocaowan area possessed such a maze of a terrain that even we got lost and our guides did not know what […]
Crossing Jiuding Mountains
From May 11 to 20 2013, our thirteen-man team of five surveyors and eight guides climbed over the Jiuding Mountains that traverse Mao county and Mianzhu county. On our ten-day journey, one of the passes wo went through was 4342m in elevation. It was truly a perilous and treacherous expedition. Marshy Grassland and Snow-covered Mountains […]
Searching for Giant Panda Traces in the Snow
An eight-day snowstorm raged from April 4 to 11 2013, trapping four surveyors from the census team and their five local guides in the Jiguan Mountains. We had to sleep on the snow in the open air for four nights and only managed to cover half the area we planned in the Anzi River Nature […]
Nature as My Schoolbook
It has been exactly fourteen months since I joined the team of the 4th National Giant Panda Census. We left our footprints in the wild of ten counties and thirty-three towns including Leibo, Mabian, Ebian, Wenchuan, Mao county, Songpan, Beichuan, Jiuzhai Valley, Mian-zhu, and Shifang. Like an enormous book replete with diverse landscapes and ethnic […]
The World Responds
Professor Lyu Zhi, a faculty member from the School of Life Sciences, Peking University, sent warm congratulations on the broadcasting of the iPanda.com website. Distinguished zoologist Dr.George Schaller commented that the iPanda.com website broad-casts were significant events in the effort to increase the world’s comprehension and dedication to giant panda conservation. On iPanda.com, the high-visibility […]
24-Hour Live Coverage of Giant Pandas
Now panda fans across the globe can live stream giant pandas simply by clicking on the iPanda.com website at any time. This is made possible by a network of cameras set up by China Network Television (CNTV). CNTV set up 28 cameras throughout five of die main giant panda enclosures at the Chengdu Research Base […]
Ipanda.com: Giant Panda on Camera
August 6, 2013 was a special day for giant pandas. China Network Television (CNTV) launched the 3Llong-awaited iPanda.com, a channel devoted to this world-famous species. At 2:30pm that afternoon, a grand ceremony took place at the Beijing Media Center where honored guests witnessed the historic event. In attendance were Zhao Shucong, director of the State […]
Streaming Giant Pandas
Twenty-eight cameras are set up throughout five giant panda enclosures at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The cameras broadcast live feeds of the giant pandas 24 hours every day. Directors at the on-site television control room observe and switch between the different cameras, selecting the most interesting and clear views. The streamed […]
Heizhugou Giant Panda Celebrates Lantern Festival
At about 8:00 in the morning of February 24, 2013, residents of Shanfeng Village, Lewu Town near the Sichuan Hei-zhugou National Nature Reserve awoke to prepare for the Lantern Festival celebrations later that day. Little did they know that a special guest would join in the festivities. The Lantern Festival is the culminating event to […]
Giant Panda News Part 5
On the morning of February 28, more than 1700 students and teachers from the Elementary School Division of the Sanyuan Foreign Languages School gathered in a football field to attend an orientation ceremony. It’s theme was “Let Love Surround Me, Let Civilization Follow you” and was opened with a dance called “Good Luck”. The students […]