PANDAS! #Repost amivitale with get_repost ・・・ Video by amivitale. I am sharing photos this week on smithsonianmagazine Instagram account. ​ ​#PANDAS, I learned from multiple trips to #China and countless hours spent in their presence, are far more complex than their image suggests, and they offer powerful lessons as species across the globe are threatened by habitat loss, poaching, and climate change. They also own a success story that, while tentative, is all too rare. In 1990, the global wild panda population was approximately 1,100 individuals, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature placed them on the endangered species list. Thanks to massive Chinese and international efforts, though, the #bears rebounded, and in 2016 their status was upgraded to vulnerable. My first book, Panda Love, The Secret Lives of Pandas, about these adorable ambassadors will be coming out in June and is now available for pre-order. (Link in profile.) #pandamonium natgeo natgeocreative thep...