Sichuan plans to build panda national park   

四川首次劃定林業(yè)生態(tài)紅線 將建大熊貓國家公園

昨日，四川林業(yè)廳召開新聞通氣會(huì)，發(fā)布了《四川省林業(yè)推進(jìn)生態(tài)文明建設(shè)規(guī)劃綱要(2014-2020年)》。四川還將探索建立中國大熊貓國家公園，并希望最終覆蓋大熊貓活動(dòng)的6個(gè)山系。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Sichuan province is planning to build the first-ever panda national park, local media reported.

The ambitious plan was released at a press conference on ecological protection held by the provincial forestry department on Friday.

"Picking a location would definitely be based on natural conditions," the West China City Daily said, citing an official at the department's wildlife protection office.

He said the park would cover mountain chains where pandas live, adding that the office would seek cooperation with international organizations to pick the best location.

The ministry also released a guideline which promised to build green shelters at the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. In the entire province, forested area will be no less than 270 billion mu (one mu is 0.0667 hectare), and wetlands no less than 25 million mu by 2020, it said.