China is planning its first panda census in a decade and expects to resume the release of captive animals to their natural habitat amid hopes that conservation efforts have boosted the wild population.
Chinese authorities have carried out four censuses of the wild panda population, with the latest in 2011-14 showing a population of 1,864, compared with about 1,100 in the 1980s. The next census, delayed because of the pandemic, is expected to be carried out next year.
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