Australia's biggest koala conservation organization has warned that the iconic animal is facing extinction.

The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) accused the federal government     1     significantly overestimating koala populations,    2     (say) there are about 80, 000 animals left in the wild and     3     (probable) as few as 50, 000. Researchers from the University of Queensland in 2016 estimated that there were 330, 000 koalas in the wild.    4    , populations across the country have since been declined by habitat     5     (lose) and bushfires. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature 60, 000 koalas were impacted in     6     2019-20 “Black Summer” bushfires alone. Bill Ellis, a researcher at UQ's School of Agriculture and Food Sciences,    7     (study) koala populations since the 1990s. He said the animals are facing extinction for the second time in history after nearly     8     (wipe) out by the fur trade.

“    9     is not just the bushfires and habitat clearing that cause the problem, but fur trade.” Ellis told the ABC. “If the fur trade did continue, koalas would have disappeared, because in some areas     10     they were wiped out, they never came back.”

The giant panda is unique to China.     1     (cover) the areas of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu Provinces, Giant Panda National Park protects the pandas’ natural living space. This giant national park     2     (include) sixty seven panda reserves (保护区), which are home     3     about 1,340 wild giant pandas as well as many other endangered animals, such as Sichuan golden monkeys and snow leopards.

Among the panda reserves in the national park. we     4     (high) recommend Wolong Nature Reserve and Ya’an Bifengxia Giant Panda Protection and Research Centre, because of     5     (they) large numbers of pandas, beautiful natural environment,     6     being easy to reach from Chengdu. Right now, there are more than 100 pandas in the Wolong base and more than 60 at Bifengxia. Wolong Nature Reserve is the only place     7     you can see pandas at night.

Giant panda volunteer programs in the panda bases give you     8     unique experience with pandas and you will have a chance     9     (make) special cakes for them, etc. Contact us for details about these panda programs.

Giant Panda National Park is     10     (suit) for animal lovers, especially panda lovers, You can visit it all year round. Wolong is about a 2-hour drive from Chengdu; Bifengxia is about a 3-hour drive from Chengdu.

Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (栖息地) has great     1     (important) for the conservation of the giant panda,     2     (recognize) as a “National Treasure” in China and an icon of     3    (globe) conservation efforts. It is the largest and most important remaining area of panda habitat in China and the world, consisting of seven nature reserves and nine scenic     4     (park).

In addition     5     the giant panda, the property features     6     great number of local and threatened species of plants and animals, including other iconic mammal species, such as the red panda and snow leopard. The property is an important center for some birds, 300 of     7     breed (繁殖) locally. Besides, the property is     8     (particular) important for plants,     9     (become) one of the botanically richest sites of any temperate (温带的) region in the world. The property is a major source and gene pool for hundreds of traditional medicinal plants, many now under threat. Because of its biodiversity and conservation of giant pandas, these reserves     10     (list) as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2006.

According to the fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook report, biodiversity is declining     1     an alarming rate. As the most biodiverse province in China, southwestern Yunnan is sharing     2     (it)conservation strategy on the international stage.

Seventeen years after the province first     3     (introduce)the concept of Species with Extremely Small Populations(SESP), Yunnan showcased the achievements in conservation on Dec 16 at a side event of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties(COP15)to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal, Canada.

“We will forever lose the opportunity for future development that some species bring if they go extinction,” says Yang Hua,     4     worker with the provincial forestry and grassland administration.

SESP,     5     (bring)forward by the province in 2005, was a concept to represent species       6     were found to be restricted in their geographic distribution and showed weak population     7     (grow).

Ever since then, the province’s conservation efforts     8     (help) the population of Asian elephants reach around 360, and that of black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys is now 3, 800.

Sun Weibang, director of the Kunming Botanical Garden, under the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,     9     (recent) said that, during a decade of continuous development, Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations(PSESP) was applied as a model     10     (conserve)native plants in countries such as Italy, Russia, Mexico, and Iraq.

Two Toronto entrepreneurs (企业家) are on a mission to change the way you get your coffee to go. Scott Morrison and Ryan Dyment,     1     are co-founders of Dream Zero, have been working to bring reusable food and beverage (饮料) containers to the Canadian market for the past four years.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Dream Zero supplied street festivals and corporate events with reusable cups to cut down on plastic waste. But when everything shut down and all of their 2020 events were canceled, they realized they had to come up with another idea.

That’s when they discovered Muuse, an app-based reusable cup program     2     originated in Singapore and was being used in Hong Kong and Jakarta. Morrison and Dyment realized this could be an ideal fit for Canadians     3     care about plastics, waste, and convenience. After making a deal with the app’s founders, Muuse was launched in Toronto in February 2021.

In a phone conversation, Morrison explained how Muuse works. After a free 30-day trial, users can purchase a monthly membership for $5 and ask for a Muuse cup when they enter participating cafes. Morrison said, “The barista (咖啡馆招待员) shows the bottom of the cup,     4     is where the QR code (二维码) is, and scans it. Then he fills the coffee order, puts it up on the bar, and the user takes it. Once they’re done, the user can return it to any participating cafes by scanning the bottom of the cup again, and then scanning the QR     5     is located on the return bin.”

When asked what appeal an in-house reusable cup program has for customers     6     could just bring their own at no extra cost, Morrison pointed out that cups are easy to forget and inconvenient to carry around. He mentioned a running group of people     7     visit a farmer’s market in Toronto every Saturday. They’re now faithful Muuse members.