Helping preserve rainforest in S China

Dr Bosco Chan Pui Lok, right, visits Bawangling Natural Reserve in Hainan province to study the wild gibbon, October 2003. Chan is a Hong Kong biologist specializing in amphibians, reptiles and fish. He graduated from the University of London and later received a doctorate from the University of Hong Kong. Chan is director of Kadoorie Conservation China (KCC), a non-government organization that focuses on conservation projects in Hainan's natural forests. Chan has been studying the biodiversity and wildlife of Hainan since 2001 and discovered nearly 20 new species with his colleagues in Hainan's rainforests. [Photo/Xinhua]

Chan talks with local farmers in Daoyin village, Baisha county of Hainan province, May 2008. [Photo/Xinhua]