itself as being an inseparable part of nature. of part inseparable an being as itself humanity can only truly evolve when it accepts accepts it when evolve truly only can humanity www.vale.com exuberant images, demonstrating that that demonstrating images, exuberant Salgado conveys this message through his his through message this conveys Salgado 2013 in London. in 2013 legacy for future generations. Sebastião Sebastião generations. future for legacy The exhibition’s premiere took place on April 9, 9, April on place took premiere exhibition’s The In this way, it will be possible to leave a positive positive a leave to possible be will it way, this In was the most rewarding experience of his life. life. his of experience rewarding most the was partners and communities where it is present. present. is it where communities and partners the result of work that, according to Salgado, Salgado, to according that, work of result the sustainable development among its employees, employees, its among development sustainable opportunity to see the Genesis exhibition, exhibition, Genesis the see to opportunity environment. Vale seeks to promote promote to seeks Vale environment. People in many countries will have the the have will countries many in People for the communities where it operates and the the and operates it where communities the for social and economic prosperity, with respect respect with prosperity, economic and social interference from the modern world. modern the from interference possible to transform natural resources into into resources natural transform to possible 2012 ancestral communities that had escaped escaped had that communities ancestral companies in the world, believes that it is is it that believes world, the in companies land and marine landscapes, animals and and animals landscapes, marine and land since becoming one of the largest mining mining largest the of one becoming since by colleague Jacques Barthélemy. They sought sought They Barthélemy. Jacques colleague by Vale, a Brazilian company established in 1942, 1942, in established company Brazilian a Vale, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, and most of the time time the of most and Salgado, Ribeiro Juliano Sustainability Report Lélia Wanick Salgado, sometimes by their son, son, their by sometimes Salgado, Wanick Lélia in Minas Gerais and in Espírito Santo. Espírito in and Gerais Minas in planet, frequently accompanied by his wife, wife, his by accompanied frequently planet, of the headwaters of the Doce River, also also River, Doce the of headwaters the of It was an expedition to remote parts of the the of parts remote to expedition an was It with the institute in a project to restore some some restore to project a in institute the with actions. The company also has a partnership partnership a has also company The actions. sensitive and tasteful eye, the Genesis project. Genesis the eye, tasteful and sensitive donated for the Instituto Terra’s reforestation reforestation Terra’s Instituto the for donated and by hot-air balloon to create, with his his with create, to balloon hot-air by and maintained by Vale since the 1950s – have been been have – 1950s the since Vale by maintained Salgado went on foot, by boat, on small aircraft aircraft small on boat, by foot, on went Salgado of protected Atlantic Forest in Brazil, Brazil, in Forest Atlantic protected of countries, Brazilian photographer Sebastião Sebastião photographer Brazilian countries, Vale Natural Reserve – one of the largest areas areas largest the of one – Reserve Natural Vale expedition to more than 30 regions of different different of regions 30 than more to expedition in Minas Gerais. Half a million saplings from the the from saplings million a Half Gerais. Minas in For eight years, from 2004 to 2012, on an an on 2012, to 2004 from years, eight For of the photographer’s hometown of Aimorés Aimorés of hometown photographer’s the of preserve the Doce River Valley region, location location region, Valley River Doce the preserve and Lélia Wanick Salgado, its president, to to president, its Salgado, Wanick Lélia and an institution created by Sebastião Salgado Salgado Sebastião by created institution an the company supports the Instituto Terra, Terra, Instituto the supports company the Besides sponsoring this project since 2008, 2008, since project this sponsoring Besides Sebastião Salgado Sebastião 2012 2012 Sustainability Report Sustainability nature preservation. nature preserve them. preserve educational role, highlighting and motivating motivating and highlighting role, educational pure parts in order to help help to order in parts pure planet. The exhibition plays an informative and and informative an plays exhibition The planet. the communities where it operates across the the across operates it where communities the We decided to identify its its identify to decided We “ in development integrated to commitment as a tribute to the planet. planet. the to tribute a as “ illustration of Vale’s beliefs, as well as its its as well as beliefs, Vale’s of illustration I conceived this work work this conceived I mission, vision and values. It is a high-level high-level a is It values. and vision mission, exhibition is directly related to the company’s company’s the to related directly is exhibition Vale’s support for the Genesis expedition and and expedition Genesis the for support Vale’s (1) Ecuador – Galapagos (2) Congo (3) Rwanda (4) Uganda – Virunga Mountains (5) Antarctica The Genesis project’s creation began when Sebastião alligators. The property became the Instituto Terra (6) Argentina – Valdés Peninsula After some time, we started 20 27 (7) Namibia Salgado and his wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, agreed to (“Earth Institute”), founded in 1998. 28 to replant the forest. We saw (8) Sudan – South Region “ take care of a relative’s property in the Doce River Valley everything being born again. (9) Bhutan – Himalaya in Minas Gerais. It was there that Sebastião had grown Sebastião Salgado’s previous projects – including 24 (10) Venezuela – Amazon (11) Chile – High Patagonia The birds, insects and animals 9 up, surrounded by lush vegetation, birds, wild animals Trabalhadores (“Workers”) and Exodus – were (12) Argentina – High Patagonia came back. Life began to 18 17 and rivers full of fish; however, this paradise had been journeys through the experiences and adversities (13) Botswana – Cubango Delta and Kalahari Desert return on all sides inside (14) Ethiopia – Omo River Valley and Northern Mountains lost. By the 1990s, deforestation and erosion had dried of humanity. Genesis, in turn, is a tribute by this 8 14 (15) Indonesia – Sumatra and West Papua my head, and so the idea of 10 up the land. Lélia then had the idea to recreate the brilliant photographer to the grandiosity of nature. 4 (16) New Guinea 2 3 “ 1 photographing Genesis came to forest using local species. They planted more than 300 He faced a world practically unchanged since volca- 15 16 (17) Libya – Sahara Desert 25 19 (18) Algeria – Sahara Desert me. I went to see life, the most different tree species and, as they grew and made the noes, icebergs, deserts and jungles were formed. 26 7 13 (19) Brazil – Amazon, Pantanal Wetlands and Xingu National Park fabulous things on the planet. land green, the flowers and animals came back. Rather He recorded animals in their natural environment (20) Alaska – Arctic Region (21) Falkland Islands 11 12 than causing flooding, the seasonal rainwater was and sought to portray peoples as near as possible 6 (22) South Georgia Islands Sebastião Salgado absorbed by the soil and, over time, the watercourses to their ancestral lifestyle. It is an elegy to mankind’s 21 (23) South Sandwich Islands 22 23 became regular once more, bringing back fish and harmony with nature. (24) United States – Colorado Plateau (25) Zambia – Kafue National Park (26) Madagascar 5 (27) Russia – Yamal Peninsula, Wrangel Island and Kamchatka Peninsula (28) Canada – Kluane National Park Cover photo: Amazon (Venezuela) 2006 Amazon (Venezuela) 2006 Sebastião Salgado Vale is proud to sponsor the Genesis Project..