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This week, the Woodrow Wilson Center’s New Security Beat blog kindly featured my new eBook, MELTDOWN: China’s Environment Crisis, and interviewed me about its production. Please find below an excerpt of the interview. Make sure to visit their excellent website which is dedicated to environment and security issues.<\/p>\n

China is one of the world\u2019s 12 \u201cmega-biodiversity\u201d countries, but its incredible natural landscapes, from Sichuan\u2019s sparkling, turquoise-colored lakes to Guilin\u2019s dramatic karst topography, are bearing the cost of rapid economic development, writes British environmental photojournalist and videographer Sean Gallagher in a new multimedia e-book.<\/p>\n

Meltdown: China\u2019s Environmental Crisis<\/strong>, published by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting<\/strong> and available for free, is a visually rich travelogue that brings the reader on Gallagher\u2019s travels to some of China\u2019s most remote areas through photos, videos, maps, interviews, and handwritten notations. The book consists of four chapters documenting how the landscape is being fundamentally altered and the resulting effects on species and communities.<\/p>\n

Although the book\u2019s title suggests an alarmist characterization of China\u2019s environmental future, Gallagher provides a refreshingly balanced and holistic coverage of the interplay between China\u2019s environment, economic development, and various cultures. Through the 62-page travelogue, the Beijing-based photojournalist pairs visuals with first-person accounts and substantive analysis of how an ensemble of pressures \u2013 including climate change, industrialization, and urbanization \u2013 is impacting the country.<\/p>\n

The reader comes away with a newfound appreciation for China\u2019s incredible biodiversity and the challenge, driven by ambitious development goals, of preserving it.<\/p>\n

The China Environment Forum interviewed Sean Gallagher via email to better understand the process of reporting on these issues from behind a lens:<\/p>\n

China Environment Forum: How did you get interested in environmental photojournalism in China and ultimately decide to base yourself in Beijing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Gallagher: I first learned of the severity of China\u2019s environmental problems when I read the book, The River Runs Black, by Elizabeth C. Economy. At that time, I was undertaking a photojournalism internship in London. At the end of the internship I was awarded a grant to help fund my first professional project. I decided to go to China and start to work on some of the issues I had read about. I was also influenced by the fact that my father had been travelling to China, with his work in international trade, since the 1980s. After my initial trip in 2005, I decided to move to Beijing and use it as my base for covering environmental issues in Asia.<\/p>\n

Read more of the interview on the Woodrow Wilson Center’s New Security Beat website<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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