INTERVIEW
While half of humanity is confined to try to stem the spread of Covid-19, Yann Arthus-Bertrand and the GoodPlanet Foundation decided to put the documentary Human , released in 2015, online for free . This film shows the testimonies of several hundred men and women and puts into perspective the place of Man on Earth, while its residents are now in danger due to the coronavirus.
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"All environmentalists are fighting against the trafficking of wild animals that passes through China"
Himself affected by the Covid-19, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, guest of Anne Roumanoff on Europe 1, returned Monday on one of the possible origins of the coronavirus. Because if we do not yet know precisely where in Wuhan the disease started, it would seem that it came from a transfer between an animal (the pangolin) and man. If that were the case, the famous French director would be "angry", because "all environmentalists are fighting against the traffic in wild animals that goes to China".
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"It's up to us all to fight together"
Yann Arthus-Bertrand reminds that in Asia, many animals are victims of poaching, like the rhinoceros for its horn or the sharks for the fins. "China for twenty years has signed agreements to ban the trafficking of wild animals and it does not respect them," denounces the photographer.
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For him, these farms "where animals are stacked on top of each other" are "virus nests" but above all a "strong sign of the loss of diversity". "You have to look at the world with your eyes open and try to fight (...) We are talking about the sixth extinction on earth, I cannot accept it, so it is up to us to fight together, we will get there" , he concludes.