1,600 Pandas to Tour Malaysia

On their journey around the world to promote the message of panda conservation and sustainable development, 1,600 Pandas will be visiting more than 15 iconic landmarks across Malaysia for the '1600 Pandas World Tour In Malaysia'.

With the theme of 'Initiating the Culture of Creative Conservation', the tour will be held in Malaysia from 21 December 2014 to 25 January 2015.

The 1600 Pandas World Tour which started in 2008 as a collaboration between WWF and acclaimed French artist Paulo Grangeon, has since appeared in more than 100 exhibitions across various countries /regions such as France, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Malaysia will be the 1600 Pandas' third stop after Hong Kong in the Asian region.

Paulo Grangeon, an enthusiastic French sculptor with more than 30 years of experience, created the 1600 paper mache pandas in various poses, emotions and sizes using recycled paper, as a symbolic representation of the amount of pandas left in the wild.

In celebration of the Malaysia leg tour, Paulo Grangeon will also be creating a special version white mascot paper mache panda representing the uniqueness of Malaysian culture to be used for workshops.

The 1600 Panda World Tour In Malaysia aims to bring awareness to the locals on the importance of panda conservation and sustainable development, symbolically encouraging Malaysians to be more aware of the natural environment and the need to conserve it.

More details of the tour are expected to be released soon.