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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Raising yields tenfold in two generationswhile at the same time using less water, fewer...

Raising yields tenfold in two generations
while at the same time using less water, fewer pesticides, less fertilizer
and emitting less carbon

Full Transcript

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Raising yields tenfold in two generations while at the same time using less water,
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fewer pesticides, less fertilizer and emitting less carbon.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:02
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.
Despite its size, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
Despite its size,
It's entirely possible for us to apply both low-tech and hi-tech solutions - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:11
It's entirely possible for us to apply both low-tech an...
We can start to produce food in new spaces. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
We can start to produce food in new spaces.
Even in places where there's no land at all. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
Even in places where there's no land at all.
As we improve our approach to farming, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:17
As we improve our approach to farming,
Forests are a fundamental component of our planet's recovery. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:17
Forests are a fundamental component of our planet's rec...
Again, the two features work together. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:19
Again, the two features work together.
and grow crops like oil palm and soya only on land that was deforested long ago. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:16
and grow crops like oil palm and soya only on land that was ...
A century ago, more than three quarters of Costa Rica was covered with forest. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
A century ago, more than three quarters of Costa Rica was co...
By the 1980s, uncontrolled logging had reduced this to just one quarter. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:17
By the 1980s, uncontrolled logging had reduced this to just ...
In just 25 years, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:30
In just 25 years,
With all these things, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:26
With all these things,
In this world, a species can only thrive... - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
In this world, a species can only thrive...
We can solve the problems we now face - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:37
We can solve the problems we now face
If we take care of nature - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:09
If we take care of nature
When you think about it, we're completing a journey. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
When you think about it, we're completing a journey.
Ten thousand years ago, as hunter-gatherers, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:09
Ten thousand years ago, as hunter-gatherers,
All these years later, it's once again the only option. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
All these years later, it's once again the only option.
To move from being apart from nature - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
To move from being apart from nature
[Attenborough] If we can change the way we live on Earth, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
[Attenborough] If we can change the way we live on Earth,