{"id":8210,"date":"2016-09-05T12:59:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T04:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seangallagher.wpengine.com\/?p=8210"},"modified":"2016-09-05T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T04:59:37","slug":"beijing-china-photographer-giant-panda-national-geographic-creative-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/beijing-china-photographer-giant-panda-national-geographic-creative-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Panda – National Geographic Creative Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Close up portrait of a giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s a good week to be a Giant Panda. News<\/a> has just broke that the species has been upgraded from ‘endangered’ to ‘vulnerable’ by the IUCN (the International Union for the Conservation of Nature), the organisation responsible for assessing and monitoring the status of the world’s animal and plant species.<\/p>\n

In 2011 I did a story titled ‘The Panda’s Forest: Biodiversity Loss<\/a>‘ which focused on the efforts of the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center in Sichuan Province, in south-west China, central to the efforts to saving the species. Here’s an excerpt of the beginning of the story…<\/p>\n

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