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Red Panda Conservation
Red pandas are classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List with an estimated 10,000 in the wild- however, their numbers are rapidly depleting. The main threats to the species are habitat loss, hunting for their fur and natural disasters in their native Myanmar.
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Red Panda Conservation
Red pandas are classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List with an estimated 10,000 in the wild- however, their numbers are rapidly depleting. The main threats to the species are habitat loss, hunting for their fur and natural disasters in their native Myanmar.
The Red Panda Network
Since 2014 Dublin Zoo has provided annual financial support for the Red Panda Network’s Forest Guardian programme in Nepal. The project operates through local people called forest guardians. Forest guardians monitor red panda populations and their habitat in their local areas and collect information on how people are using the forest. They also raise awareness about red pandas and their threats in their local communities and are involved with anti-poaching activities.
To learn more about the role of Forest Guardians, please see this interview with Ngima Dawa Sherpa, a Forest Guardian protecting red pandas in Nepal.
Dublin Zoo also participates in the European breeding programme for red pandas.
How The Red Panda Network Save Red Pandas
Planting a Red Panda Home
Red panda habitats in Nepal are fragmented into over 400 small unprotected patches of forest. The Red Panda Network is trying to restore hundreds of acres of red panda habitat, connecting fragmented forests so red pandas and other threatened wildlife can thrive in community-protected forest corridors. In 2021 they planted more than 130,000 trees in eastern Nepal, connecting core red panda habitats critical to their survival. #PlantAHome