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Our blind assault on the planet
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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Our blind assault on the planet has finally come to alterthe very fundamentals of the...

Our blind assault on the planet has finally come to alter
the very fundamentals of the living world

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Our blind assault on the planet
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has finally come to alter the very fundamentals of the living world.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:57
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Silverback Films,Altitude Film Entertainment,WWF-UK

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Movie Summary

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
We have overfished 30% of fish stocks to critical levels. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:30
We have overfished 30% of fish stocks to critical levels.
Half of the fertile land on earth is now farmland. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
Half of the fertile land on earth is now farmland.
70% of the mass of birds on this planet are domestic birds. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
70% of the mass of birds on this planet are domestic birds.
We account for over one-third of the weight of mammals on earth. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:11
We account for over one-third of the weight of mammals on ea...
The rest, from mice to whales, make up just 4%. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
The rest, from mice to whales, make up just 4%.
This is now our planet, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
This is now our planet,
There is little left for the rest of the living world. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
There is little left for the rest of the living world.
Since I started filming in the 1950s, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:32
Since I started filming in the 1950s,
Um, so, the world is not as wild as it was. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
Um, so, the world is not as wild as it was.
Well, we've destroyed it. Not just ruined it. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
Well, we've destroyed it. Not just ruined it.
I mean, we have completely... well, destroyed that world. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
I mean, we have completely... well, destroyed that world.
That non-human world is gone. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
That non-human world is gone.
Uh... The... Human beings have overrun the world. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
Uh... The... Human beings have overrun the world.
That is my witness statement. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
That is my witness statement.
A story of global decline during a single lifetime. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
A story of global decline during a single lifetime.
But it doesn't end there. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:16
But it doesn't end there.
Science predicts that were I born today, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:09
Science predicts that were I born today,
The Amazon Rainforest, cut down until it can no longer produce enough moisture, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:19
The Amazon Rainforest, cut down until it can no longer produ...
At the same time, the Arctic becomes ice-free in the summer. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:19
At the same time, the Arctic becomes ice-free in the summer.
Throughout the north, frozen soils thaw, releasing methane, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:17
Throughout the north, frozen soils thaw, releasing methane,