1996 WWF China environmental education project was established. The project aims to publicize the concept of sustainable development, so that the population's demand for resources will not cause damage to the environment; WWF China Forest Project was established. The project aims to protect, restore and sustainably manage forests to provide forest products and ecological services; WWF China Project Office was established; Transportation began to carry out research and protection related to wildlife trade in China.
WWF's projects in China have also expanded from the initial panda protection to species protection, protection and sustainable utilization of fresh water and marine ecosystems, forest protection and sustainable management, sustainable development education, climate change and energy, wildlife trade, scientific development and international policies.
WWF's Species Project in China
WWF's work in China began with the protection of giant pandas. From 65438 to 0980, WWF, as the first international NGO invited by the government of China, began to study the giant panda in Sichuan. From 1985 to 1989, WWF and the State Forestry Administration successfully cooperated to carry out the second national panda survey, and then formulated the National Panda Protection Plan, which was approved and implemented by the State Council.
From 65438 to 0999, the World Wide Fund for Nature and the State Forestry Administration jointly conducted the third national survey of giant pandas and their habitats, and the scientific and detailed data obtained laid the foundation for the protection of giant pandas in China in the future. In addition, WWF also cooperates with universities and research institutions to carry out research projects such as the fragmentation of giant panda habitat, the restoration of giant panda habitat and the impact of western development on giant panda habitat, providing necessary theoretical basis for WWF's field protection projects.
From 65438 to 0997, WWF started the Integrated Protection and Development Project (ICDP) in Pingwu County, Sichuan Province. While helping local institutions to strengthen the management capacity of nature reserves, the project also tries to develop alternative livelihoods in local communities to reduce the pressure of community production and life on the natural environment.
In 2002, WWF extended the ICDP project in Pingwu to the protection of giant panda habitat in the whole Minshan landscape, which made the protection of giant pandas develop from a single point to a new stage of crossing administrative boundaries, aiming at protecting the regional giant panda habitat and the whole Minshan natural ecosystem.
In the same year, WWF also launched the protection of Qinling Mountains, which is the northernmost part of the distribution of giant pandas. The project of habitat protection and economic sustainable development of giant pandas in Qinling covers the whole Qinling area. The project aims to explore and establish effective means and mechanisms for the protection of giant panda habitat, as well as sustainable resource utilization and economic development model.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-World Wide Fund for Nature