The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is 1 to the conservation of all 2 forms of life. Sadly, the giant panda is one of the many species now in danger of 3 In a unique and historic example of international 4 the People's Republic of China have invited WWF to work with them to save the world's most widely-admired animal. The Chinese Government has been 5 engaged in panda conservation for many years. A WWF team led by the distinguished -6 Dr. George Schaller was at work in Sichuan Province together with top Chinese scientists under the leadership of Professor Hu Jinchu to 7 an in-depth study of the panda and its need for 8 in the wild. A major problem: the giant panda's 9 demands huge quantities of bamboo and the evidence suggests that the bamboo in Wolong Natural Reserve may be about to fiower and die a serious 10 the survival of pandas in that area.