WWF conserves our planet, habitats, & species like the Panda
网页The world has changed. Wildlife has halved in less than a generation. Natural habitats are being put under increasing pressure. And climate change is leading us into uncharted territory. But people have changed too. They’re more aware of the threat to essentials like food, water and clean air. They’re more ambitious, more innovative.
Giant panda | WWF
网页Giant panda. The giant panda is perhaps the most powerful symbol in the world when it comes to species conservation. Adored around the world, the distinctive black and white animal is a national treasure in China and has been the symbol of WWF since its formation in 1961. While its numbers are slowly increasing, the giant panda remains one of ...
Why should we save the giant panda? | WWF
网页Zambia. Zimbabwe. We should do everything we can to save the giant panda because we are the ones that have driven it to the edge of extinction. And because we can. But pandas also play a crucial role in China's bamboo forests by spreading seeds and helping the vegetation to grow. So by saving pandas, we will also be saving so much more.
Facts about the Giant Panda - WWF
网页At birth, panda cubs weigh only about as much as a quarter-pound stick of butter (90-130 grams) and have little fur. Adults can weigh more than 220 pounds. A panda's average life span is 20-25 years in the wild and up to 30 in captivity. Threats. Habitat loss and fragmentation are the most pressing threats to the giant panda.
Impact of climate change on species | WWF
网页Climate change leads to a loss of species. Our planet is warming faster than at any time in the past 10,000 years. With these changes, species have to adapt to new climate patterns (variations in rainfall; longer, warmer summers etc). Global warming resulting from human emissions of greenhouse gases. The consequences include habitat loss ...
New survey reveals nearly 1,600 giant pandas in the wild | WWF
网页2004年6月10日 · Gland, Switzerland - Results from the most comprehensive survey of China’s giant panda population reveal that there are nearly 1,600 pandas in the wild, over 40 per cent more animals than previously thought to exist. The last panda survey in the 1980s found around 1,100 giant pandas in the wild. These findings come from a …
Habitat: the land of the panda - WWF
网页The giant panda was once widespread throughout southern and eastern China, as well as neighbouring Myanmar and northern Vietnam. But due to expanding human populations and development, the species is now restricted to around 20 isolated patches of bamboo forest in six mountain ranges in China's Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.
The future of panda conservation - WWF
网页Giant panda numbers are slowly increasing, but the rare bear is not out of the woods yet. Traditional threats to pandas such as poaching appear to be declining, but large-scale disturbances including mining, hydro-power, tourism and infrastructure construction are becoming more severe. WWF's 2015-2025 giant panda conservation strategy sets the ...
Factsheet: Giant Panda - WWF
网页WWF considers the giant panda as a 'flagship' species: that is, a charismatic representative of the biologically rich temperate forest it inhabits. By conserving the giant panda and its habitat, many other species will also be conserved - as will water resources that are essential for the future of hundreds of millions of people. WWF has been ...
About the panda - WWF
网页The panda is not special just because it is one of the most well known and charismatic animals on earth. It is also a very peculiar species, with many unique and remarkable characteristics. Learn more: How many pandas live in the wild? Habitat: where do they live? Natural enemies and defences. What do they eat?