Giant Panda: Portraits, Wild Habitats, and Untold Stories

Description

Giant Panda presents over 80 extraordinary images of this most rare and charismatic of animals that has become China’s national treasure. Having survived on Earth for over eight million years, the giant panda is among the most significant global symbols of nature conservation. This book offers a visual and factual guide to China’s accomplished journey in panda conservation through a meticulously curated collection of photographs and texts drawn from interviews with experts, philanthropists and international partners. With an entire chapter devoted to heartwarming stories of individual pandas, this endearing creature is brought to life with descriptions of their unique personalities, the important and challenging work of the conservationists, and the incredible accomplishments they achieve when pandas are returned to the wild. Giant Panda is a fascinating and beautiful overview of a gentle giant that can teach us some important lessons in how we must safeguard our precious planet and everything living on it.