Monkey awakens environmental consciousness in China
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Channel: Reveal · 2014 · News & Politics
The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey is hardly known outside of China. Yet the monkey and the effort to protect it have played an outsized and largely untold role in awakening the country’s growing environmental consciousness. The preservation of the monkeys is largely due to the efforts of one man, a photographer who is now training the next generation of young Chinese wildlife photographers. This story is part of China’s Generation Green, a project by the UBC International Reporting Program. The series profiles young people in China who are trying to make a difference on water, food, wildlife preservation, air quality and waste issues. For more stories on China’s Generation Green visit: http://projects.thestar.com/chinas-generation-green/ Credits: Producer Umbreen Butt Additional reporting Yonglin Yao Executive Producer David Rummel Senior Producers Peter Klein Dan McKinney Kathryn Gretsinger Editor Kim Frank
