China's environmental policies are rarely worth celebrating, but with Beijing's help, the giant panda appears to be making a comeback. In the most comprehensive survey of the giant-panda population ever taken, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Chinese State Forestry Administration have found almost 1,600 of the endangered pandas in the wildnearly 50% more than were previously known to exist.
The increase is "very encouraging news," says Li Ning, a communications officer at WWF Chinaespecially since attempts to boost the panda population in captivity have been getting increasingly desperate. Efforts by Chinese researchersfrom attempting to...
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