Conservationists hope that smart tech can help to safeguard the panda’s future.
The giant panda has long been the face of animal conservation, ever since WWF adopted the adorable black-and-white bear as its logo in 1961. But, after decades of intensive conservation programs, pandas are no longer endangered.
With a relatively small population though, pandas are not out of the woods -- or the bamboo forest -- just yet. The biggest threat to the wild panda population is habitat loss. Its reliance on bamboo for sustenance has made the species particularly vulnerable to environmental changes, and China's rapid urban development over the past century has pushed pandas into a fraction of their historic range.
Smart tech is helping to protect China's giant pandas 04:27Because the cameras are used in remote areas where there is little or no power supply, the system is solar powered and uses microwave transmission, which doesn't require cables and is more reliable in complex terrain, says Zhao.Why airlifting rhinos upside down is critical to conservationAccording to Huawei, the system assists 140,000 forest rangers, grassland managers, conservationists and researchers in Sichuan.
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