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Loggers destroying giant panda sanctuaries, says Greenpeace

Source
Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2015-11-02

One of the last remaining refuge of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is in peril. A two-year investigation by Greenpeace East Asia has revealed that illegal logging has wiped out around 3,200 acres of natural forests — equivalent to 1,814 football fields — within Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries located in Sichuan province of China.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2015/11/loggers-destroying-giant-panda-sanctuaries-says-greenpeace/