Of Forests and Men
Sources : http://www.offorestsandmen.org/ & http://www.goodplanet.org/
Yann Arthus-Bertrand was appointed by the United Nations to produce the official film for the International Year of Forests.
Following the success of Home which was seen by 400 million people, the photographer began producing a short 7-minute film on forests made up of aerial images from Home and the Vu du Ciel television programmes.
This film will be shown during a plenary session of the Ninth Session of United Nations Forum on Forests (24 January – 4 February 2011) in New York. It will be available to all from February 2 — for free — so that it can be shown worldwide.
With the voice of EDWARD NORTON.
Forests cover a third of the Earth’s surface. They are home to over half of terrestrial species and hundreds of millions of human beings. Forests provide part of one in four people’s incomes.
For 7 billion people, most of the world’s population, forests are resources for the food they eat, the air they breathe and the medicines they consume. And yet, forests remain unknown and and wrongly loved. And most of all, they are in danger.
The United Nations declared the International Year of Forests, 2011. It is an opportunity to discover, rediscover, celebrate, cherish, describe, protect and use these ecosystems more sustainably. These ecosystems were formed hundreds of millions of years ago before the first humanoids. Today, we threaten them.
Forest destruction is not inevitable: throughout the world, men and women fight to save them. Citizens, scientists, politicians and businessmen warn us about the threats forests face and suggest alternatives to protect them. This year is an opportunity to celebrate their initiatives and their efforts.
GoodPlanet Foundation, chaired by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, shares the same goal. Through its awareness programs, such as Action Carbone, GoodPlanet aims to protect 510 000 hectares in Madagascar. This year, the foundation decided to go further and launch several new initiatives on its website and celebrate the words of the Turkish poet, Nazim Hikmet, “to live in a tree, lonely and free. To live as brothers like trees in a forest.”
http://www.goodplanet.org/forests/
Beautiful post Phil! Forests are so important to the ecosystem. We cannot breath without them. :groovy: :love: