History of the Giant Panda 11 March 1869 A hunter brings a panda skin to the French Jesuit, Armand David 13 April 1929 The Roosevelt brothers become the first foreigners to shoot a panda 1936 Ruth ...

Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet their energy needs. But they do branch out, with about 1% of their diet comprising other plants and even meat ...

Freshwater habitats are incredibly diverse, with more than 400 large-scale ecoregions and thousands of rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Freshwaters are also hotspots for biodiversity. They are home to at ...

Finance is the lifeblood of the global economy - and a powerful lever for change. Finance enables oil companies to drill in the Arctic, agribusinesses to clear tropical forests, or dams to be built ...

One Planet CitiesBy 2050, urban populations may double to 6.7 billion from today’s 3.5 billion. Cities generate over 80% of global GDP and are responsible for more than 70 percent of global CO2 ...

Conservation, species survival and trophy huntingWWF opposes any hunting that threatens species survival, and WWF does not support the hunting of an animal solely as a trophy. WWF respects and ...

Rhinos have been around for millions of years and have a major impact on the structure of their habitat and the health of their ecosystem. For example, the greater one-horned rhino helps to maintain ...

WWF supports the implementation of urban nature-based solutions for nature and people. Nature must be at the heart of our cities: the places we work, play and engage. Urban nature-based solutions ...

Every individual, office and programme of WWF bears fundamental responsibility for honoring our values, our policies and safeguards, and abiding by the governance and internal processes we’ve built to ...

A fully grown panda is far too formidable a foe for most predators, but some animals can prey on cubs. Potential predators include jackals, snow leopards and yellow-throated martens, all of which are ...

WHERE DID THE IDEA OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMISSION COME FROM AND WHY? Whaling as an industry began around the 11th Century when the Basques started hunting and trading the products from the ...

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 ...