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Most of panda habitat damaged or destroyed in China quake
Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2008 Over 80 percent of the giant panda's habitat in China was damaged or destroyed by the earthquake that hit southwest Sichuan province, an official at the State Forestry Administration said Tuesday. "In the earthquake, 83 percent of the giant panda's habitat was damaged or destroyed," Cao Qingyao, a spokesman for the administration, told reporters. The fate of the pandas has been a cause of concern following the devastating May 12 quake, which cut off access to large swathes of mountainous areas, including China's largest panda breeding centre in Wolong, Sichuan. A giant panda from the Wolong reserve has already been found dead after the 8.0-magnitude earthquake. The 1,400 wild pandas in the quake-hit regions represent about 88 percent of the country's total of the endangered animals. Sichuan is their main home, with others living in nearby provinces. "Due to current communication problems, it is still impossible to go deep into the mountains, so we are unable to assess the number of animal losses," Cao said. Related Links Darwin Today At TerraDaily.com
Scientists Confirm That Parts Of Earliest Genetic Material May Have Come From The Stars
London, UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2008Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin, in a paper published on 15 June 2008. |
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