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Zoology and Animal Physiology, 2021, 2(1); doi: 10.38007/ZAP.2021.020102.

Giant Panda Ecotourism on Giant Panda and Its Habitat

Author(s)

Keyao Li

Corresponding Author:
Keyao Li
Affiliation(s)

Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China

Abstract

As China's national treasure and first-class protected animals, people pay great attention to the living conditions and habitat damage of giant pandas. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of human understanding of nature and the rise of the idea of returning to nature, giant panda eco-tourism has gradually entered people's vision. This paper analyzes the reasons for the impact of giant panda ecotourism on giant pandas and their habitats, and provides the basis for the division of the minimum contact area or the forbidden tourism area in the nature reserve. This paper compares the average avoidance distance and the minimum avoidance distance between the giant panda trace points and the route before and after tourism development in a National Nature Reserve to study whether the giant panda has obvious avoidance effect on the hiking route. The final experimental results show that the average distance between the giant panda trace points and the hiking route increased from (1546±125)m in 2000 to (1676 ± 116) m in 2018. In 2000,the minimum distance between the giant panda trace point and the hiking route was 13.4m, 106.6m and 183.3m respectively, while in 2012,the minimum distance was 54.6m,87.6m and 213.4m respectively, indicating that the minimum distance between the giant panda trace point and the hiking route was increasing. This fully shows that giant panda ecotourism is an important factor leading to the reduction of giant panda and its habitat.

Keywords

Giant Panda, Giant Panda Ecotourism, Giant Panda Habitat, Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development

Cite This Paper

Keyao Li. Giant Panda Ecotourism on Giant Panda and Its Habitat. Zoology and Animal Physiology (2021), Vol. 2, Issue. 1: 12-22. https://doi.org/10.38007/ZAP.2021.020102.

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