Human activities data in Wolong National Nature Reserve

Wolong National Nature Reserve (hereafter Wolong) is an internationally renowned giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) reserve. Meanwhile, the reserve is also a popular tourist destination in Giant Panda National Park. It encompasses two major towns, Wolong and Gengda, home to approximately 5,000 residents. Agriculture, tourist economy, and livestock grazing remain important income sources for the residents. Here, we combine ongoing survey data on human activity areas in Wolong and make two layers of major human activities in Wolong. The two datasets are human pressure and livestock grazing. Among them, the human pressure layer combines roads and settlement data. We use this dataset to reflect the extent of human activities in Wolong and as an important indicator to assess its interference with wildlife., , , # Human Activities Data in Wolong National Nature Reserve

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kh18932fm](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kh18932fm)

This dataset is human activities in Wolong National Nature Reserve (hereafter Wolong), including a human pressure layer and a livestock grazing layer. We use these two datasets to reflect the human activity areas in Wolong.

## Description of the data and file structure

The human pressure factor is formed by integrating road points and residential points. Road points are derived from placing points every 1,000 m on major roads. The residential points are derived from the GPS data we collected from Wolong in 2016, and also through data we obtained during surveys in Wolong. In addition, we used Google Earth to align the residential points.

The livestock grazing points were extracted from the 4th National Giant Panda Survey. Furthermore, we also used data obtained during surveys in Wolong to compare the livestock grazing distribution points to ens...