Panda Science - Conservation International

Related Links

DreamWorks Animation

Explore China

Meet Lu Zhi

Forest Projects

Saving Species

Panda Survival Plan

We have a plan to save pandas. With partners Shanshui, McDonald’s, DreamWorks and others, CI aims to protect all known panda habitat in China and to connect the few remaining populations of this iconic species.

Conservation is never black and white, not even when it comes to saving pandas. There are fewer than 1,600 pandas left in the wild today and half of them live outside of protected areas. They share land with some 300,000 people and are scattered across forest fragments throughout the Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces of Southwest China.

ON VIDEO: Check out Jack Black! He's talking panda survival!

CI and our partners are laying the groundwork for a Panda Survival Plan that will engage Chinese communities in saving and protecting their signature species and lush landscapes. It requires the protection of all known panda habitat in China and the connection of key areas using at least 12 new conservation corridors. We also will put forth a comprehensive plan for panda guardians and population monitoring to ensure the number of these slow-reproducing mammals increases.

Without your support and immediate conservation action, pandas could forever disappear from the wild … but what kind of world would that be for future generations?

A Plan to Save the Giant Panda

Pandas are one of the most threatened species on the planet. There are fewer than 1,600 left in the wild. But some exceptional partners and leading panda scientists are working together to launch a panda conservation plan.

Conservation Corridors

One of the most crucial elements of our plan to save the panda – as well as other threatened species throughout the world – is the biodiversity conservation corridor.

Panda Facts: Meet the Panda

Wild pandas live in only one place on Earth: the mountains of Southwest China. The one food that guarantees their survival, bamboo, grows in abundance here. Learn more about pandas, their lives, and their environment.

Welcome to the Panda Base

DreamWorks Animation traveled to Sichuan Province and the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to learn more about pandas and start planning for the next Kung Fu Panda movie.

Aid the China Support Effort

The Southwest China biodiversity hotspot, especially the areas around the panda reserves where CI's partners work, is one of the hardest hit areas from the tragic May 12 earthquake in China and its aftershocks. Learn how you can support the people and the pandas that live there.