red pandas in Myanmar & China

After the recent tragedies in these areas, I e-mailed Brian Williams, founder of The Red Panda Network (formerly The Red Panda Project) to find some information on how the red pandas may have fared. Here is his response:

In Myanmar (Burma), the cyclone hit lowland - midland tropical areas of the southeastern corner of the country and red panda are found
in the far northwestern corner. So, fortunately red panda were spared from the loss of their habitat in this region.

In China, the quake occurred in red panda habitat in Sichuan province, based on research done in New Zealand (http://www.jstor.org/pss/176646), I would venture to guess that red panda habitat within a 10 km range of the epicenter was damaged severely and less severely within and beyond 30km. It would be interesting to
travel to the region and do an assessment.

Please keep the people and wildlife in these areas in your thoughts and I encourage you to visit The Red Panda Network. Brian has been very helpful, and it is just an amazing organization. I am honored to be mentioned on their site! Many thanks!