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See The Rarest Primate On Earth Cross A Rope Bridge That Could Help It Survive

2020-12-29T09:31:31Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Kadoorie Farm and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ tour trung quoc] Botanic Garden In a nature reserve in China, wild gibbons have been swinging and climbing their way across a rope bridge. It seems like a pastime any primate would embrace. But the bridge isn't there for ape amusement. It's there to help a critically endangered species survive. The Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) faces a high threat of extinction due to habitat loss and hunting, with only about 30 of the animals alive today, [ according to the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden], a Hong Kong conservation group that's spearheaded an effort to preserve the primates. The group just published a study, [ in the journal Scientific Reports], [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ kynghidongduong.vn] detailing how the gibbons, considered the rarest primate on Earth, have reacted to the first artificial canopy bridge installed to help them traverse forest gaps that can impact their dispersal, foraging and even breeding opportunities. Deforestation, typhoons and landslides can all fragment forests, making it difficult for primates to navigate their environment like usual. CNET Science From the lab to your inbox. Get the latest [http://search.un.org/search?ie=utf8&site=un_org&output=xml_no_dtd&client=UN_Website_en&num=10&lr=lang_en&proxystylesheet=UN_Website_en&oe=utf8&q=science%20stories&Submit=Go science stories] from CNET every week. "While restoring natural forest corridors should be a priority conservation intervention, artificial canopy bridges may be a useful short-term solution," the authors write. Conservationists installed the two-pronged 52-foot (16 meter) bridge in 2015, tying mountaineering-strength ropes to sturdy trees so the apes could pass at the site of a typhoon-induced landslide, and installing a camera to document use of the crossing in both directions. The gibbons had difficulty crossing the area of the landslide using fronds and leaves. And while larger males were able to leap over widely spaced trees, that method proved risky for hesitant pregnant females or those carrying infants. Now playing: Watch this: Watch an endangered primate cross a rope bridge like... 0:34 Once the simple canopy bridge was in place at the Hainan Bawangling National Nature Reserve, photographs showed it took the gibbons a little over six months to begin crossing it, gradually increasing its use in the following years. Adult females initiated half the crossings, and juveniles tackled the other half. Most gibbons got across by "handrailing" -- walking on one rope with hands holding the second rope as handrails, or climbing underneath the ropes legs first with all limbs. At least one brazen beast walked it like a tightrope. The ape version of Philippe Petit. Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Various types of artificial crossings have helped wildlife traverse ruptured forest canopies before, but the study in Scientific Reports documents the first one constructed for the Hainan gibbon, a species endemic to China's Hainan Island and known for singing to mark territory, enhance bonding and attract mates. "Over 2,000 individuals were estimated to live throughout the island in the 1950s, but due to rampant poaching and forest loss, the population declined sharply to less than 10 individuals in the 1970s" before a determined effort got the number up to 30, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden says. As of 2020, the Hainan is the only gibbon species assessed by the [ International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species] to have a stable population, according to Kadoorie, adding "all 19 other species are decreasing in numbers." The researchers consider the canopy bridge, while promising, a temporary solution. After constructing it, Kadoorie launched a reforestation project at the site of the landslide. [#comments Comments] [/topics/sci-tech/ Notification on Notification off Sci-Tech]

Luxury Brands Bank On A Raring China Market As Pandemic Lays Waste...

2020-12-29T03:00:01Z

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By Sophie Yu and Silvia Aloisi BEIJING/MILAN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - On the southern Chinese island of Hainan, a duty-free shopping paradise, mainland tourists keen to splurge will often patiently line up for an hour or more to enter a Gucci, Tiffany or other luxury brand store. "I'm mentally working on a shopping list," says Zeng Rong, 34, a Beijing-based auditor who is looking forward to her upcoming Hainan trip. "I'd like to buy a Bottega Veneta bag as well as a coat and a down jacket from Moncler before the weather gets cold." With the coronavirus pandemic having sent most of the world's luxury spending into a tailspin and China the only major economy expected to show growth this year, high-end brands now depend more than ever on Chinese consumers like Zeng for sales. Their spending largesse, which extends across China's biggest cities, is spurring luxury brands to double down on the Chinese market - embracing e-commerce and pushing ahead with store openings whereas in most other countries such plans have been postponed or scaled down. Lavish events are also back. Louis Vuitton menswear designer Virgil Abloh held a Spring/Summer fashion show before a live audience in Shanghai last month. Prada hosted private viewings of its new collection last week - also in Shanghai, the country's fashion capital which has begun to replace Hong Kong as the favoured shopping haven for domestic tourists. Driven by well-heeled consumers forsaking their usual overseas trips to places like Milan and Paris as well as pent-up demand that built during lockdown, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ kynghidongduong.vn] spending in China on luxury goods has surged. Prada has said the group's China sales jumped 60% in June and 66% in July, while LVMH noted that in some weeks since March when the country came out of lockdown, Louis Vuitton and Dior have seen China sales more than double. "Mainland China has become the place where all the purchase power is trapped," said Mauro Maggioni, Asia Pacific CEO at Italian luxury sneaker and [http://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=apparel%20brand apparel brand] Golden Goose which has 21 stores in mainland China. It also opened stores on China's top e-commerce sites last month and plans a new shop in Hainan soon. As luxury spending in China reaches new heights for some brands, the Chinese are set to account for around half of all global spending on high-end brands in 2020, up from 37% last year, according to McKinsey & Company. That said, industry executives say it will not be enough to make up for the near absence of Chinese tourists abroad, who have been responsible for two-thirds of Chinese luxury spending. Total global luxury spending is expected to plunge as much as 35% from last year's $300 billion, according to consultancy Bain. YOUNG AND [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ tour trung quoc] FLUSH WITH CASH China is, however, the place to be. Store numbers for top luxury brands there rose 4% in the first half of 2020, while those for cosmetics brands jumped 8%, according to a report by property consultancy Savills. "I can see the continuous potential of the Chinese market," Michele Norsa, executive deputy chairman at Italy's Ferragamo , told an earnings briefing this month. The luxury shoe and accessories maker is reviewing its store network with a view to closing some in Europe and opening more in China. Helping stoke domestic demand, the Chinese government has long sought to bring some of the money splashed abroad by its citizens overseas back home. It cut import tariffs in 2018, enabling luxury brands to reduce their China prices, while this year in Hainan, it has expanded the amount of duty-free shopping allowed to 100,000 yuan ($14,650) from 30,000 yuan as well as the types and number of products allowed. Also, unlike many other countries where luxury spending tends to be the domain of older generations, China skews younger with many luxury consumers between 25-35 - often the only child of the family and armed with money from indulgent parents. Younger Chinese shoppers also prefer e-commerce and the world's poshest brands have started wading into online sales in China, putting aside concerns about the potential for counterfeiters to take away their sales and the loss of the luxury shopping experience over the internet. Services like livestreaming now give luxury brands the ability to more directly connect to shoppers, said Golden Goose's Maggioni, adding that with online stores his brand could now reach shoppers in up to 100 Chinese cities. Alibaba's Tmall marketplace has seen 50 brands including Giorgio Armani and Alexander Wang open stores on its three-year old luxury platform this year and another 20 are expected to join by the end of the year, bringing the number to 220. Getting brands to join is not hard, Luna Wang, head of the division said at a Tmall Luxury event last month, noting the far greater market penetration that comes with an online presence. "When the brands see the figures, they speed up," she said. ($1 = 6.8210 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Sophie Yu in Beijing, Silvia Aloisi in Milan and Brenda Goh in Shanghai; Additional reporting by Carlos Garcia in Hainan; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

China s Tianwen-1 Mission Launches To Mars

2020-12-28T23:58:55Z

id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> The Long March 5 carrying Tianwen-1 to Mars on July 22. CNSA China is, it appears, headed to Mars. A Long March 5 rocket lifted off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island, in the South China Sea through partly cloudy skies on Thursday afternoon, local time. The stark white rocket blazed a trail through the blue at 12:41 p.m. local (9:40 p.m. PT). However, China National Space Administration (CNSA), the national space agency, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ tour trung quoc] are yet to confirm it has reached its intended orbit and is on its way to the red planet. It was a little different to the live launch day coverage we've come to expect from the likes of [/how-to/spacexs-historic-demo-2-delivers-nasa-astronauts-to-iss/ NASA and SpaceX]. No official livestreams were provided by CNSA and there was no official countdown. Instead, many avid rocket-watchers -- myself included -- were following private videos streamed to Chinese social media platforms Weibo and Douyu. CNET Science From the cosmos to your inbox. Get the latest space stories from CNET every week. Douyu user PhilLeaf seemed to have one of the best views of the launch, but streamers constantly battled dropouts and disconnections. A YouTube channel "LC-123" had [ just under 5,000 concurrent viewers] approximately a minute before launch and as the rocket took off, provided excellent views. The launch was ideal, but until CNSA confirms Tianwen-1 has made it to its [http://pixabay.com/en/new-zealand-waterfall-nature-initial%20parking/ initial parking] orbit, there's still a chance Tianwen-1 might not make it to the red planet. Earlier flights of the Long March rocket have seen the second stage reach a parking orbit around 13 minutes after launch. Chinese state media service CCTV have reported that the mission was a success and the probe is now in its transfer orbit to Mars. We'll update this post if we hear more. Long March 5 blasting off carrying Tianwen-1. LC-123 YouTube stream After coasting in its parking orbit, its thrusters will fire again and send it on its journey toward Mars. Tianwen-1, which includes an orbiter, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ kynghidongduong.vn] a lander and a rover, [/news/chinas-daring-tianwen-1-mission-to-mars-everything-you-need-to-know/ is expected to reach the red planet in February 2021]. It's been a busy time for Mars probes. On Sunday, the [/news/hope-mars-probe-is-headed-for-the-red-planet-after-picture-perfect-launch/ UAE's Hope probe launched to Mars] from Japan. On July 30, [/how-to/nasa-launched-next-mars-rover-everything-you-need-to-know-about-perseverance/ NASA is expected to launch its new rover], Perseverance. Fortunately, [/news/nasa-mars-perseverance-rover-how-to-watch-the-mission-launch-live-july-30/ that one will be broadcast live on NASA TV], so we should have excellent views of the final robotic explorer to blast[ pic.twitter.com/7oRLNegDNK][ pic.twitter.com/7oRLNegDNK] — Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) [ July 23, 2020] window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5"); [#comments Comments] [/topics/sci-tech/ Notification on Notification off Sci-Tech]

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2020-12-28T22:02:35Z

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