Human activity is pushing red pandas towards extinction

Human activity is pushing red pandas towards extinction

Almost 50 per cent of the red panda’s habitat is in the Eastern Himalayas, most is unprotected. Image: Shutterstock Forests fragmented by new roads are leaving red pandas with nowhere to go, making it harder for them to survive By Geographical Contributor Red pandas, which are native to Nepal, Bhutan and southwestern China, are being driven nearer to extinction by forest fragmentation and exploitation. Much of the red panda’s range lies outside …