China's Fragile Forests
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.
Pulitzer Center grantee Sean Gallagher reflects on his reporting about deforestation in China and its impact on the giant panda.
Although official propaganda insists that China's forests are no longer in danger, over-harvesting and deforestation remain serious threats.
China is in danger of losing one of its most precious assets--the giant panda. Years of resource extraction and deforestation have destroyed the panda's natural habitat in the mountain ranges of...
After China's 1998 logging ban, attention turned to harvesting bamboo. The industry brings in millions of dollars each year for the country's economy.
With nearly 10,000 visitors a day, Jiuzhaigou National Park is an economic booster for the Sichuan Province.
Only a few communities in the Sichuan forest regions promote sustainable harvesting.
China has recently been placed on a new list that highlights the world's most threatened forest regions.
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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...