Giant panda is no longer endangered, experts say

The giant panda is no longer an endangered species following decades of work by conservationists, according to a new report by The International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The wild panda population jumped to 1,864 in 2014 from 1,596 in 2004, the result of work by Chinese agencies to enforce poaching bans and expand forest reserves. The IUCN report warned that although better forest protection has helped increase panda numbers, climate change is predicted to eliminate more than 35 per cent of its natural bamboo habitat in the next 80 years, potentially leading to another decline.