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The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.

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One fifth of human kind depend on fish to live. Today now 70 percent of the fish stock are over-exploited. According to FAO if we don't change our sy…

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Will we be able to imagine a new culture of water?

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The trust we build over the years if of tremendous help to me when I start in a new project and need to find associates.

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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.

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I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography.

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It's time to come together. We all have the power to change, so what are we waiting for?

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No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you.

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An image of the earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can t…

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