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This most pristine and distant of ecosystems is headed for disaster
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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

This most pristine and distantof ecosystems is headed for disaster

This most pristine and distant
of ecosystems is headed for disaster

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This most pristine and distant of ecosystems is headed for disaster.
Duration
7 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:25
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Silverback Films,Altitude Film Entertainment,WWF-UK

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One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
Our imprint is now truly global. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
Our imprint is now truly global.
Our impact now truly profound. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
Our impact now truly profound.
Our blind assault on the planet - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
Our blind assault on the planet
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,