OF FOREST AND MEN

by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
7’, USA, 2011

The official film of the International Year of Forests, produced by the United Nations. Trees, woods, forests: they permit life on earth, yet they are threatened by the actions of man.
 

Yann Arthus-Bertrand Born in Paris in 1946, he worked as a photographer with various natu- ralists. In the 1990s, under the patronage of UNESCO, he embarked on the creation of an image bank of the earth seen from above. In 1999, his work was published and The Earth from Above, translated in 24 languages, became one of the best selling illustrated books with more than three million copies sold worldwide. In 2005 Arthus-Bertrand created GoodPlanet, a non-profit organization which is dedicated to the promotion of sustainable development.