Forests are as essential to our existence as water. In fact even water wouldn’t exist in its purest form if it weren’t to some extent for vegetation. Unfortunately for the planet and forests, over the past 60 years, Humans have developed a constant and devastating lifestyle that will eventually need more resources than those our planet is able to provide. We are living as if there were three or four planets available, and If you think about it, in some way or another every item you see around you has been the result of some deforestation somewhere. Deforestation is a real problem that is only going to get worse. To raise awareness about this issue globally, 2011 has been designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Forests, a worldwide project to highlight the fragile state of the worlds forests and to promote action to save what is left of our natural world.
“Without our forests we would simply not exist…The destruction of forests will continue as long as we fail to understand that living trees are worth more than felled trees, that animals are essential to the equilibrium of forests, that the time scale of forests covers centuries and millenniums, not years or even decades. The future of Earth and the human race depends upon our forests. And the protection of forests depends upon us.” – Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a world-famous French photographer, filmmaker and environmentalist who has always had a passion for nature. To celebrate 2011 as the International Year of Forests, the United Nations approached the photographer and asked him to produce the official film for the International Year of Forests campaign.
2011 : International Year of Forests
Mostly shot from the air, it follows the continuing theme of the critically acclaimed first film HOME which was eventually seen by 400 million people, the photographer began producing this environmentally conscious short 7-minute film on forests and the ailing relationship with have with our planet’s forests. The short film is made up of aerial images from Home and the Earth from Above television programmes.
Find out more about the film here : http://www.offorestsandmen.org/
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‘UN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS’
