Prof. Pan, 67-year-old NLD Federate, College of Life Sciences Professor, Peking Panda and Wildlife Conservation Center, Peking University Chongzuo biodiversity research base director of the national "Day Labor Medal "winners. In 1987 he presided over the "giant panda biology," the first prize of scientific progress by the State Education Commission in 1990 presided over the "Qinling giant panda ecological study of" scientific progress by the State Board of Education Award.
"Panda experts" Pan Shi
A scientist, each year there are 10 months spent in the field, and stay for 20 years.
Prof. Pan, the eve of the elderly in Late Antiquity, with a group of young Peking University, MA, PhD, finished the giant panda and track to track white-headed langur, run around in the mountains between perennial. "To live in the post-industrial era to provide the residents of a spiritual recovery needs." He said.
Known as the "panda expert" Prof. Pan, from 20 years ago began the study of giant pandas.
About Panda, Prof. Pan _set_ many world firsts: the first time that a wild giant panda behavior and social structure, mating means; first discovered the diversity of giant panda's dna has not fallen to the degree of inbreeding.
Pan Stone's research shows that the survival of giant pandas is not entirely dependent on the forces of nature, and to a greater extent depend on human care and management. Since then the fact that, with the distribution in the hinterland of Qinling giant pandas are more widely to stop logging, Qinling giant panda to survive and multiply began to show life.
For a time, to become the world's leading Pan stone giant panda research experts. But, with many different scientists, the research results of Prof. Pan is not much reflected in his published papers on.
"If the papers to protect wildlife, then we published papers on the line of light." Followed by ten years of small stone Pan Qin told reporters relayed professor often say. In addition, Pan Stone believes that protecting the natural environment of any behavior must be a long time to bear fruit, may be 10, 20 or even 30 years.
Today, Pan Stone has put more energy into the white-headed langur protection Chongzuo come up. Here, Prof. Pan and his students established the Peking University Chongzuo biodiversity research base. In order to "fundamentally solve the ecological crisis" rather than "just starting from a purely scientific" research. In his efforts, the local karst and unique in the world of white-headed langur two resources is gradually developing into a new environment for the tourism industry.
Prof. Pan is more like a social activist. In order to demonstrate the promotion of alternative energy in rural areas - gas, so that farmers do not harm the environment while cutting wood up the hill, Professor Pan even a village in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Chongzuo acquisition of cow dung posted notices. A result, every household rushing sent cow dung.
Farmers are in a saw made of stinking dung biogas was able to provide illumination, but only thirty-four cow manure can produce methane gas for cooking family cooking, the gas in a very fast local promotion.
These measures directly reduce the farmers of pressure on local ecosystems, improve the people's quality of life and wildlife. In addition, unexpected effects are emerging - Early one morning, Pan Stone opened the door, found the door stood a farmer looking anxious, when he was working for himself killed accidentally missed a snake and a special trip Pan Stone to apologize.
"Other scientists focus on research, Professor Pan is more concerned about the people." Assistant small Qin said Professor Pan's eyes, everything must start with the ethics of the great cause of the beginning. First, we should long-term human destruction of nature, the changing role as a protector of nature, will also need a fairly long process. Besides, now that the core of global environmental problems to be solved is to improve the poorest part of the quality of life while protecting the environment, and so their descendants can continue to survive.
White-headed langur monkey alias mosaic, part of the monkey subjects, scientific name presbytis leucocephalus, is endemic in China, it was considered a subspecies of langurs. White-headed langur with crested head and neck and upper shoulders are white, like wearing a white hood, hand, foot on the back is also mixed with white, a white tail. Living in tropical, subtropical jungle, good at climbing, not only in the trees sway, would climb the cliff. Often gathered into small groups of family life, there is a certain range of activities and routes, and have relatively fixed habitat. Normally inhabit the caves and crevices in cliffs. The leaves, buds, flowers, fruit for food.
(2) white-headed langur produced in China Chongzuo, Fusui area. Narrow distribution, the number of rare, protected species in China, not living in a foreign country and samples. White-headed langur and the very close genetic relationship of humanity, with many of the same genes with humans, and have complex social patterns. Therefore, scientists believe the research value and as much as white-headed langur in China, another giant panda ─ ─ endemic.
The first systematic research on the white-headed langur is Professor Pan Wenshi. Professor Pan Wenshi the College of Life Sciences and Wildlife Giant Panda Research Center, is an internationally recognized authority on the giant panda. Because of his social behavior of animals has been very interested in the subject, I hope studying a human is closer to the primate social behavior, then _select_ the white-headed langur in the study.
Professor Pan Wenshi in the study of white-headed langur in the process, we found that habitat loss and poachers a double blow, the unique white-headed langur in Guangxi in the wild only about 700 more than the giant panda is also scarce. Therefore, to protect the operation is a priority.
Professor Pan Wenshi white-headed langur is how to protect it? One hand, he led a research team of white-headed langur of geographical distribution, population size, breeding groups, etc. to observe the research; the other hand, spared no effort to promote local farmers and government departments environmental knowledge, and property with their own savings to help local farmers improve cooking conditions and educational conditions. Study of giant pandas in the Qinling Mountains and than when he was more focused this time to find a fundamental solution to ecological crisis.
In 1996, Professor Pan Wenshi and his colleagues has just begun the white-headed langur, the waste of living in substandard barracks, never bathed, Dun Dun noodles, just a day into the mountains to see monkeys, which caused the county party secretary at the time Note that he asked these scholars into the city to eat and bathe. Thus, Professor Pan know many local leaders have the opportunity to introduce themselves to their work, say to protect white-headed langur and the importance of their living environment; about "ecotourism" to protect the white-headed langur and the significance of the development of local economy. In early 1997, according to Professor Pan's proposal, the county shut down a quarry. Closed the following year another quarry. There was a white-headed langur a seven home territory.
In May 1998, Professor Pan invite a friend to visit the United States Chongzuo, and visited a nearby elementary school Balaam Tun simple for the school to secure a $ 25,000 donation. October 2000, Professor Pan in the United States accepted the $ 50,000 Paul cover Wildlife Conservation Award, and soon received 10 million yuan Ford Environment Award. He decided the money for the Ray Baran Tun Village and promote the use of two village biogas. He said: "The biogas can replace wood fuel for farmers, so farmers give up the mountains cut white-headed langur's survival."
His kindness and generosity has paid off. Today, the environmental awareness of local farmers a fundamental change, poaching animal behavior has been largely suppressed, deforestation, burning mountain reclaim the traditional mode of production had been prohibited by the government. Protecting the environment, love the idea of wild animals has been firmly established. Moreover, Chongzuo County in March 2001 was 200 million invested barracks converted into white-headed langur of the research base. Peking University has also built a medical station Chongzuo. Open to all medical station ─ ─ return all of these efforts would be white-headed langur of the Gospel.
"One is the ethical issues, one is reality. Two issues are resolved in order to make the community forward." Said Prof. Pan. |
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