Solutions
WWF has been active in giant panda conservation since 1980, and was the first international conservation organization to work in China at the Chinese government's invitation.
Early panda conservation work included the first-ever intensive field studies of wild panda ecology and behaviour.
Current work focuses on, the Minshan Mountains in Sichuan and Gansu provinces and the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi province.
Solutions in theses areas include:
Current work focuses on, the Minshan Mountains in Sichuan and Gansu provinces and the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi province.
Solutions in theses areas include:
- increasing nature reserves,
- creating green corridors to link isolated pandas,
- patrolling against poaching and illegal logging,
- building local capacities for nature reserve management, and
- continued research and monitoring.
George Schaller with Wang Menchu and Prof Hu Jinchu in Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan province, China, in the 1980s.
