{"id":2364,"date":"2010-07-24T14:24:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T14:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seangallagher.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2010-07-24T14:24:36","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T14:24:36","slug":"the-showcase-wetlands-pulitzer-center-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/the-showcase-wetlands-pulitzer-center-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Showcase Wetlands \u2013 Pulitzer Center #2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CHINA. Xixi Wetlands in Hangzhou. 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Green Hills Soothe My Eyes, Running Water Tranquilizes My Mind,” announced the sign to my left as I entered the Xixi Wetland park in Hangzhou. “Only One Future for Our Children – Development Without Destruction,” proclaimed a second sign just a few meters ahead on my right. “Your Planet Needs You – Unite to Combat Climate Change,” a third sign almost screamed to me as I turned the next bend. If nothing else, these signs were saying all the right things to me and the thousands of visitors streaming through the gates of the Xixi wetland, located in the city of Hangzhou, just a short distance from the megalopolis of Shanghai, on the shores of the East China Sea.<\/p>\n

The Xixi wetlands lie in the west of the city as a network of ponds and waterways, making up an area of around 60km2. This is China’s ‘first national wetland park,’ dubbed as such to act as a role model to all other wetlands in China and to supposedly show how to effectively manage and restore wetlands, notably urban wetlands.<\/p>\n

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