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.
China: Threatened Waters Video Series Screening at the Wilson Center
Published November 1, 2011
Event date:
November 7, 2011 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Four-time Pulitzer Center grantee, Sean Gallagher, will present his work for the Asia Society's China Green series on wetlands destruction and vulnerable waterways in China at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Gallagher has spent years reporting on environmental degradation in China--from desertification to wetlands to forests. Following the screening, Zhao Zhong from Green Camel Bell will share the challenges and successes his NGO has experienced working to protect wetlands and reduce pollution in northern China.
For more information visit the Woodrow Wilson Center's website.
Location:
6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20004-302
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Sean Gallagher discusses China's environmental crises with students and faculty at Davidson College.
Pulitzer Center grantee Sean Gallagher traveled through China to report on disappearing wetlands caused by environmental degradation.
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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...