Natural forests cover about 10 percent of China’s surface area, but large swathes of China’s forests have been destroyed as a result of logging, mining, wood and plant collection.
Sean Gallagher Discusses China's Fragile Forests
Published December 7, 2011
Sean Gallagher discusses his project "China's Fragile Forests". He explains the effect of unsustainable harvesting of Chinese medicine and bamboo on the nation's remaining forests and its panda population.
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Pulitzer Center photojournalist Sean Gallagher talks to the Asia Society about his reporting projects on China's environmental problems and his experience as a freelance journalist in China.
Unregulated harvesting, excessive development and failed reforestation efforts are the main reasons why the forests of southwest China are endangered.
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Sean Gallagher is a British photographer and videographer, based in China. Graduating in Zoology from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England, he subsequently changed career direction into...