The giant panda is no longer an endangered species, following decades of work by conservationists to save it.
经过动物保护工作者几十年的努力，大熊猫不再是濒危物种了。
The official status of the much-loved animal has been changed from "endangered" to "vulnerable" because of a population
rebound in China.
The change was announced as part of an update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
But the update also brought bad news. The eastern
gorilla, the world's largest
primate, is now endangered.
Efforts by China, which claims the giant panda as its national animal, have brought its numbers back from the
brink. The latest estimates show a population of 1,864 adults.
There are no exact figures for the numbers of
cubs, but estimates bring the total number of giant pandas to 2,060.
"Evidence from a series of range-wide national surveys indicate that the previous population decline has been arrested, and the population has started to increase," said the IUCN's updated report.
"The improved status confirms that the Chinese government's efforts to
conserve this species are effective," it added.
But the rebound could be short-lived, the IUCN warned. Climate change is predicted to wipe out more than one-third of the panda's bamboo habitat in the next 80 years.
相关单词：rebound
rebound解释：v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回
rebound例句：
The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。
相关单词：gorilla
gorilla解释：n.大猩猩，暴徒，打手
gorilla例句：
I was awed by the huge gorilla.那只大猩猩使我惊惧。
A gorilla is just a speechless animal.猩猩只不过是一种不会说话的动物。
相关单词：primate
primate解释：n.灵长类（目）动物，首席主教；adj.首要的
primate例句：
14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
The woolly spider mon
key is the largest primate in the Americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。
相关单词：brink
brink解释：n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿
brink例句：
The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
相关单词：cubs
cubs解释：n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )
cubs例句：
a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：conserve
conserve解释：vt.保存，保护，节约，节省，守恒，不灭
conserve例句：
He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸。
Conserve your energy,you'll need it!保存你的精力，你会用得着的！
