The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is the world's leading conservation organization. It helps to protect those species that are endangered or at risk or becoming endangered in the future. The WWF categorizes the Red Panda as an endangered species. The organization works to maintain the world's forests, oceans, fresh water, wildlife, food and climate. The WWF’s mission is to conserve wildlife and reduce serious threats to the diversity of life on our planet Earth. They make great efforts to ensure that our world is a sustainable ecosystem. The Red Panda and many other species at risk and endangered species are protected by this conservation organization (http://www.worldwildlife.org/).
The Red Panda Network began in 1997. After visiting Sandukpur, Ilam, Brian Williams began to research and learn more about the Red Panda and realized that he needed to raise awareness about the Red Panda. This is what lead to create the Red Panda Network. Some of The Red Panda Network's values include:
Power and creativeness of human beings
Creating a place where human ingenuity can manifest all that is possible in life.
The beauty and power of nature for which the red panda is our symbol.
Their work is all community-based and they partner with local non-profit and community based organizations to put Red Panda conservation programs into effect. The Red Panda Network is in the process of creating a community-based protected area, the Panchthar-Ilam-Taplejung (PIT) Red Panda Protected Forest in Eastern Nepal. This is part of the Kangchenjunga Singhalila Complex (KSC). It connects India and Nepal and is very important to many species, especially the Red Panda. This protected forest is home to about 25% of Nepal's Red Panda population (http://redpandanetwork.org/).