Reuters - Authorities are training some 70 trackers in southwestern China who will begin their work this week and end the survey by late July, Xinhua news agency said.
"The trackers will collect panda droppings for DNA analysis, which will allow zoologists to track individual pandas and accurately estimate the number of pandas living in the wild," it quoted wildlife official Chen Youping as saying.
The census will count not only how many wild pandas there are, but also their living conditions, how old they are and the state of their habitat, Xinhua added.
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"The trackers will collect panda droppings for DNA analysis, which will allow zoologists to track individual pandas and accurately estimate the number of pandas living in the wild," it quoted wildlife official Chen Youping as saying.
The census will count not only how many wild pandas there are, but also their living conditions, how old they are and the state of their habitat, Xinhua added.
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