IKEA Wildlife Conservation Station
▾Purchase any of the below soft toys to take part in the donation initiative
For every purchase on select soft toy items, we'll donate to help different endangered species throughout China. These include snow leopards in Qinghai, white-headed langurs in Guangxi, gray snub-nosed monkeys in Guizhou, Chinese mergansers in Huangshan, and wild Bactrian camels in Xinjiang. The conservation efforts we support don't just protect the habits of these animals, but also include a broad range of initiatives such as building and maintaining rescue stations, purchasing monitoring equipment, and pushing through new policies aimed at the conservation needs of specific endangered species. These efforts combined represent a significant part of the protection and habitat improvement that endangered species so badly need.
The Snow Leopard
A first-class nationally protected animal in China; listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Snow leopards inhabit barren mountains, alpine meadows, and snowfields at altitudes of 3,000 to 5,500 meters, avoiding lower-altitude areas with dense human activity. Their population has historically declined due to illegal poaching (for fur and bones), habitat fragmentation, and a reduction in prey availability. China is a key habitat range for snow leopards, encompassing approximately 60% of their global habitat. The country hosts around 4,500 snow leopards, distributed across provinces and regions such as Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Gansu.
The White-headed Langur of Chongzuo, Guangxi.
A first-class nationally protected species. Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
The endangered white-headed langur is found only in China. One of the world's 25 most endangered primates, it lives exclusively in the rocky karst formations of Chongzuo in Guangxi province, an area covering less than 200 square kilo-meters. The white-headed langur is dependent on the unique ecological environment of the karst formations in the region which makes up its sole habitat, not being found anywhere else in the world. Efforts to protect the white-headed langur have extended to the restoration and protection of the karst forest ecosystem as a whole. Thanks to targeted measures, such as rewilding farmland and creating ecological corridors, the reserve is able to not only provide the langurs with a safer and more substantial habitat but also promote biodiversity in the region more generally.
The Gray Snub-nosed Monkey of Guizhou
A first-class nationally protected species. Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Guizhou's gray snub-nosed monkey is the smallest of the three snub-nosed monkeys endemic to China, and has the smallest range of habitats. Living exclusively in Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve's high and dense forests, some 600–2200 metres above sea level, the monkey has been nicknamed "the world's only child". In 2022, the IUCN updated its Red List, moving the grey snub-nosed monkey from "Vulnerable" up to "Endangered". Between 2021 and 2024, researchers used genetic testing and "Sky, Air, Ground, Human" research methods to survey the gray snub-nosed monkey population. As a result, they pegged the extant population at around 850 monkeys.
The Chinese Merganser
A first-class nationally protected species. Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Nicknamed "the giant panda of the waters", the Chinese Merganser has a history of some 10 million years or more, and was once far more widespread. Being highly sensitive to water quality, its main habitats are clean mountain streams and lakes as well as dense forests throughout East Asia. The main causes of the species's endangered status are illegal poaching, increasing food scarcity, and habitat destruction from deforestation and rising water pollution. As its population is fairly small, at only 2400–4500 individuals in total, these have an outsized effect on its chances of survival. Chinese Merganders are, as the name suggests, chiefly found in China - particularly the clear rivers of the Jilin, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Yunnan provinces, among others.
The Wild Bactrian Camel
A first-class nationally protected species. Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
