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Extinction: The Facts

With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.

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Serena Davies

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Over the last 20 years, the illegal
wildlife trade has become - Extinction: The Facts

Over the last 20 years, the illegal wildlife trade has becom...

One of the biggest ever hauls, worth
more than £4 million... - Extinction: The Facts

One of the biggest ever hauls, worth more than £4 million......

..was found in a shipping container. - Extinction: The Facts

..was found in a shipping container.

Poaching is still
sort of like a war, - Extinction: The Facts

Poaching is still sort of like a war,

Every day, we lose between two or
three rhinos in Africa. - Extinction: The Facts

Every day, we lose between two or three rhinos in Africa.

We're talking about millions
of animals being snatched - Extinction: The Facts

We're talking about millions of animals being snatched

Illegal wildlife trafficking ranks
fourth of transnational crimes - Extinction: The Facts

Illegal wildlife trafficking ranks fourth of transnational c...

One of the drivers
for increasing demand - Extinction: The Facts

One of the drivers for increasing demand

If you have money,
if you have internet, - Extinction: The Facts

If you have money, if you have internet,

It could be a status symbol - Extinction: The Facts

It could be a status symbol

But it's all made up. - Extinction: The Facts

But it's all made up.

People claim these are cultures
and traditions, - Extinction: The Facts

People claim these are cultures and traditions,

Today, the most trafficked
animal in the world - Extinction: The Facts

Today, the most trafficked animal in the world

Pangolins are nocturnal animals
found throughout Asia and Africa. - Extinction: The Facts

Pangolins are nocturnal animals found throughout Asia and Af...

Each one can consume
70 million ants a year. - Extinction: The Facts

Each one can consume 70 million ants a year.

Pangolins are the only mammal
covered in scales, - Extinction: The Facts

Pangolins are the only mammal covered in scales,

The massive demand in Asia
for pangolin scales - Extinction: The Facts

The massive demand in Asia for pangolin scales

Traders claim that they have
medicinal purposes, - Extinction: The Facts

Traders claim that they have medicinal purposes,

The numbers of African pangolin
scales that have been intercepted - Extinction: The Facts

The numbers of African pangolin scales that have been interc...

Last year, 2019, it was just over
100 tonnes of scales. - Extinction: The Facts

Last year, 2019, it was just over 100 tonnes of scales.

That's 175,000 pangolins - Extinction: The Facts

That's 175,000 pangolins

We work closely with law
enforcement officials. - Extinction: The Facts

We work closely with law enforcement officials.

This little pangolin came in
off the trade, - Extinction: The Facts

This little pangolin came in off the trade,

This pangolin's still got the little
white tips at the end of each scale - Extinction: The Facts

This pangolin's still got the little white tips at the ...

I have seen video footage
of them being boiled alive. - Extinction: The Facts

I have seen video footage of them being boiled alive.

It's extremely distressing to see
how these animals are killed. - Extinction: The Facts

It's extremely distressing to see how these animals are...

Last year, when Covid-19
first emerged, - Extinction: The Facts

Last year, when Covid-19 first emerged,

And everybody hoped that this would
cut down the trade straight away, - Extinction: The Facts

And everybody hoped that this would cut down the trade strai...

The trade is highly profitable
and it's unlikely to stop. - Extinction: The Facts

The trade is highly profitable and it's unlikely to sto...

There are four Asian pangolin
species and four African. - Extinction: The Facts

There are four Asian pangolin species and four African.

And all eight species
are threatened with extinction. - Extinction: The Facts

And all eight species are threatened with extinction.

There is another huge trade
that is driving - Extinction: The Facts

There is another huge trade that is driving

We have created a database
that has world fisheries statistics, - Extinction: The Facts

We have created a database that has world fisheries statisti...

In the last 40 years, - Extinction: The Facts

In the last 40 years,

At any one time, there could be as
many as 100,000 trawlers - Extinction: The Facts

At any one time, there could be as many as 100,000 trawlers

Modern fishing is an industrial
operation run by huge corporations, - Extinction: The Facts

Modern fishing is an industrial operation run by huge corpor...

Some sweep up the ground with a net
that might be as big as this house. - Extinction: The Facts

Some sweep up the ground with a net that might be as big as ...

And you can put four jumbo jets
in the mouth of a big trawl. - Extinction: The Facts

And you can put four jumbo jets in the mouth of a big trawl.

And everything that is in the path
goes in. - Extinction: The Facts

And everything that is in the path goes in.

The problem is, as you remove
more and more of the adult fish, - Extinction: The Facts

The problem is, as you remove more and more of the adult fis...

There are ways of sustainably
managing fish stocks. - Extinction: The Facts

There are ways of sustainably managing fish stocks.

Reducing fishing in an area
can get a population back - Extinction: The Facts

Reducing fishing in an area can get a population back

But you have to choose
whether you want to extract - Extinction: The Facts

But you have to choose whether you want to extract

And we have always opted
for the big catch for a short term. - Extinction: The Facts

And we have always opted for the big catch for a short term.

Even where fish quotas
are put in place, - Extinction: The Facts

Even where fish quotas are put in place,

And in some parts of the world, - Extinction: The Facts

And in some parts of the world,

The waters around the edge
of fishing countries - Extinction: The Facts

The waters around the edge of fishing countries

We found that in China, - Extinction: The Facts

We found that in China,

And studies suggest that some
British waters, - Extinction: The Facts

And studies suggest that some British waters,

There is now about 5% of
trawler cod fish left - Extinction: The Facts

There is now about 5% of trawler cod fish left

This is a really big problem
for the species of fish that prey - Extinction: The Facts

This is a really big problem for the species of fish that pr...

Across the globe, the pressures
faced by the natural world - Extinction: The Facts

Across the globe, the pressures faced by the natural world

When I was a kid in the 1960s, - Extinction: The Facts

When I was a kid in the 1960s,

So I watched it go to six billion
around 2000 or so, - Extinction: The Facts

So I watched it go to six billion around 2000 or so,

Population growth is much, much
higher in the developing world - Extinction: The Facts

Population growth is much, much higher in the developing wor...

But it's problematic to just talk
about population - Extinction: The Facts

But it's problematic to just talk about population

It's population,
but it's also consumption. - Extinction: The Facts

It's population, but it's also consumption.

And in terms of impact
on the planet, - Extinction: The Facts

And in terms of impact on the planet,

That's why I call it a taboo topic,
because who's at fault? - Extinction: The Facts

That's why I call it a taboo topic, because who's ...

Is it the very large number
of people, - Extinction: The Facts

Is it the very large number of people,

The average person in the UK
consumes nearly four times - Extinction: The Facts

The average person in the UK consumes nearly four times

One of the problems is that many of
the products we use are manufactured - Extinction: The Facts

One of the problems is that many of the products we use are ...

While in a country
like the United Kingdom, - Extinction: The Facts

While in a country like the United Kingdom,

Most of the things that we actually
use are produced abroad in countries - Extinction: The Facts

Most of the things that we actually use are produced abroad ...

So we are simply moving our
footprint on destroying nature - Extinction: The Facts

So we are simply moving our footprint on destroying nature

Pollutants can have a
lasting impact on species - - Extinction: The Facts

Pollutants can have a lasting impact on species -

PCB stand for
polychlorinated biphenyls. - Extinction: The Facts

PCB stand for polychlorinated biphenyls.

We invented them in the '20s - Extinction: The Facts

We invented them in the '20s

They affect the immune system - Extinction: The Facts

They affect the immune system

If PCBs are not disposed
of appropriately, - Extinction: The Facts

If PCBs are not disposed of appropriately,

Animals at the base
of the food chain - Extinction: The Facts

Animals at the base of the food chain

But then as animals above them eat
more and more of the small animals, - Extinction: The Facts

But then as animals above them eat more and more of the smal...

In the UK, we have one
really striking example of that. - Extinction: The Facts

In the UK, we have one really striking example of that.

The last remaining pod of
in-shore killer whales - Extinction: The Facts

The last remaining pod of in-shore killer whales

That population has been studied
for about 30 years. - Extinction: The Facts

That population has been studied for about 30 years.

She died due to entanglement
in fishing gear. - Extinction: The Facts

She died due to entanglement in fishing gear.

When we had her blubber levels
analysed for PCBs, - Extinction: The Facts

When we had her blubber levels analysed for PCBs,

One of the highest levels
ever recorded - Extinction: The Facts

One of the highest levels ever recorded

And when we looked at her ovaries,
we found they were non-functional. - Extinction: The Facts

And when we looked at her ovaries, we found they were non-fu...

In my lifetime, we're looking
potentially at the complete loss - Extinction: The Facts

In my lifetime, we're looking potentially at the comple...

And then we'll have
no more killer whales left - Extinction: The Facts

And then we'll have no more killer whales left

In addition to these threats, many
ecosystems are increasingly feeling - Extinction: The Facts

In addition to these threats, many ecosystems are increasing...

At this moment, we do have
the Paris Agreement - Extinction: The Facts

At this moment, we do have the Paris Agreement

All of the calculations show
we're on track - Extinction: The Facts

All of the calculations show we're on track

And the more the Earth warms,
the worse the problem is. - Extinction: The Facts

And the more the Earth warms, the worse the problem is.

There are lots of ways that climate
change will impact on species - - Extinction: The Facts

There are lots of ways that climate change will impact on sp...

Increasing temperatures mean some
species are unable to survive - Extinction: The Facts

Increasing temperatures mean some species are unable to surv...

They're forced to move higher
and higher where it's cooler, - Extinction: The Facts

They're forced to move higher and higher where it'...

It's been called
the escalator to extinction, - Extinction: The Facts

It's been called the escalator to extinction,

In the Australian Wet Tropics, - Extinction: The Facts

In the Australian Wet Tropics,

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With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.

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Director: Serena Davies

Writer: N/A

Production: BBC Studios

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 14 Sep 2020

Awards: 2 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mn4n