Du Jiang Yan - China Panda Valley
Today we visited Du Jiang Yan. In the morning we went to China Panda Valley. On May 29, 2010 the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding started the construction of Chengdu Field Research Center for Giant Pandas, China Panda Valley. It should be opened in 2013… Panda Valley will be a place for ex-situ Conservation. It will become the gate between captive pandas and the wild…
There will be 3 districts in Panda Valley:
District for Research & Education
Half nature pharm district for reintroduction experiment
Natural pharm district for reintroduction
After we received some information about this project, we walked into the construction site of Panda Valley.
Deep in the Panda Valley we did something very special. All 12 Pambassador candidates planted bamboo with the help of the host families. When Panda Valley will be opened in 2013, 2 giant pandas will move here (for the first experiment). And they will eat our bamboo…
In the afternoon we visited the Du Jiang Yan Irrigation Prodject.
Tomorrow morning I will be interviewed by CCTV at the Panda Base. After the interview we will go to the city of Chengdu, to look for panda related elements and to publicize panda protection. Grtz Pambassador Jeroen Jacobs
