The publisher would like to thank the following people for their assistance in the preparation of this edition:
Michael Kerrigan, for writing much of the text for this adapted edition; Iain Valentine, for consulting and advising on the project throughout its preparation, and for contributing the introduction; Stephen Woollard, for reading and commenting on the content and providing help in preparing the Resources section; Deborah White, for art direction and graphic design; Clare Haworth-Maden, for editing; Kirsty Grace, for editorial assistance; Chloe van Grieken, for graphic design assistance; Cristina Pouso, Jon-Paul Orsi and Andrew Roberts of the RZSS; Justin Seviour; and Glynis Santos and her team.
The exceptional photographs in this book are by Zhou Mengqi, except for the following: page 29 (top), Chengdu International Panda Festival; page 34 (top), courtesy of the Image Database of the Kano Collection, Tohoku University Library; page 34 (bottom), courtesy of Shizhao; page 37 (bottom left), courtesy of Mario Massone; page 49 (left), © US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Digital Library; pages 49 (right) and 63, © US Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division; pages 50 and 52, courtesy of Chengdu Pandas Museum; page 55, courtesy of China National Geography; and page 162, courtesy of CCRCGP.
Acknowledgements for the original Chinese book China’s Giant Panda are shown on the copyright page (page 190).
