China has more wetlands than any country in Asia, and 10 percent of the global total. They are crucial to life and environment -- and rapidly disappearing.
Sean Gallagher's Dongting Hu Project Wins First Place: British Press Photographer's Year
Published July 18, 2011
From Untold Stories, the project Dongting Hu: A Lake in Flux has won first place in the 2011 British Press Photographer's Year.
This multimedia project by photojournalist Sean Gallagher, commissioned by the Pulitzer Center, is part of a larger reporting initiative that looks at China's disappearing wetlands and forests. As Dongting Lake shrinks, scientists explore the extent to which people are affecting the biodiversity of one of the most important lakes in China.
See Gallagher's presentation and learn more about the British Press Photographer's Year.
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Pulitzer Center grantee Sean Gallagher traveled through China to report on disappearing wetlands caused by environmental degradation.
In this lesson, students will learn what wetlands are, where they are found, and better understand their value to humans, animals, and the environment.
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Ben received his bachelor’s degree in mass media and public relations from Washburn University in 2011. Currently, he is working towards completing a term of service with the Bonner Foundation, a...