Used as a monitoring technique under the giant panda conservation programme, more than 100 infra-red

The WWF have released dozens of photographs and videos this week collected from camera traps in the mountainous giant panda reserves in China, marking this year's International Day for Biological Diversity (Wednesday 22 May).
Captured over two years in the south-western Sichuan Province of China, the materials were obtained with as little interference to the species and habitats as possible, allowing the images to truly reflect the conditions of those species in the wild.
Used as a monitoring technique under the giant panda conservation programme, more than 100 infra-red cameras were set up in six nature reserves by WWF with their partners the local forestry authority. Jiang Zeyin, species programme officer at WWF-China believes that through these efforts, conservation officers have gained a better understanding of the identification of animal traces and their activities, the study of human impact on the species and the management of nature reserves.
"The images demonstrate that through the conservation of the giant panda, a flagship umbrella species, we can also protect other threatened wildlife from the same habitat and preserve biological diversity," said Fan Zhiyong, director of WWF species programme in China. It is a tried method in WWF's biodiversity conservation and the reason why WWF would underscore the value of protecting flagship species, he said.
However, important species such as Amur tigers, musk deer and the Yangtze finless porpoise have undergone a considerable decline that was at its most severe between the 1960s and 1980s. "The overall biodiversity in China is in decline despite partial improvement in some places. The main threat has been the habitat loss and fragmentation due to invasive human activities," said Fan, who then went on to add, "Conservation of flagship species would not only benefit the ecological system, but also human development."
The technique of gathering information via camera traps has been used before with rare Sumatra tigers in Indonesia. The video below from the WWF captures footage of a tigress and cubs in their natural habitat.
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