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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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BBC Studios

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2 nominations total

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About 50% of the endemic species
that live in these mountaintops - Extinction: The Facts

About 50% of the endemic species that live in these mountain...

Scientists predict that
in the future, - Extinction: The Facts

Scientists predict that in the future,

But right now, the single biggest
driver of biodiversity loss - Extinction: The Facts

But right now, the single biggest driver of biodiversity los...

Many people imagine there's
this untouched wilderness - Extinction: The Facts

Many people imagine there's this untouched wilderness

But the reality is there's really
not a lot of wild left out there. - Extinction: The Facts

But the reality is there's really not a lot of wild lef...

We've already lost nearly 90%
of the wetlands around the world. - Extinction: The Facts

We've already lost nearly 90% of the wetlands around th...

We've transformed the forests
and grasslands, - Extinction: The Facts

We've transformed the forests and grasslands,

Three quarters of the terrestrial
surface has been changed, - Extinction: The Facts

Three quarters of the terrestrial surface has been changed,

The critical thing is that there is
now enough land that's already - Extinction: The Facts

The critical thing is that there is now enough land that...

But new land is still being cleared - Extinction: The Facts

But new land is still being cleared

It's estimated that every year - Extinction: The Facts

It's estimated that every year

A lot of that clearance
is driven by demand - Extinction: The Facts

A lot of that clearance is driven by demand

We want cheap food and
we want to have choice - Extinction: The Facts

We want cheap food and we want to have choice

These commodities often provide the
mainstay of countries' economies, - Extinction: The Facts

These commodities often provide the mainstay of countries�...

So a consumer walking into
a supermarket may unwittingly - Extinction: The Facts

So a consumer walking into a supermarket may unwittingly

What we're doing is taking
customs data, shipping data, - Extinction: The Facts

What we're doing is taking customs data, shipping data,

We now have enough data to be able
to identify the main drivers - Extinction: The Facts

We now have enough data to be able to identify the main driv...

Soy, cocoa, coffee, palm oil
and beef. - Extinction: The Facts

Soy, cocoa, coffee, palm oil and beef.

Conversion of land for cattle - Extinction: The Facts

Conversion of land for cattle

Of the total mass of mammals
on Earth, - Extinction: The Facts

Of the total mass of mammals on Earth,

Brazil has one of the world's
largest cattle herds, - Extinction: The Facts

Brazil has one of the world's largest cattle herds,

About 12% of Brazil's beef exports
comes to the EU, - Extinction: The Facts

About 12% of Brazil's beef exports comes to the EU,

The UK doesn't import much beef, - Extinction: The Facts

The UK doesn't import much beef,

It's a very productive form of plant
protein that's widely used. - Extinction: The Facts

It's a very productive form of plant protein that'...

The majority goes into animal feed. - Extinction: The Facts

The majority goes into animal feed.

Since 2006, efforts have been made
to reduce deforestation for soy - Extinction: The Facts

Since 2006, efforts have been made to reduce deforestation f...

The Cerrado is very special - Extinction: The Facts

The Cerrado is very special

It's basically scrub grasslands,
scrub forests. - Extinction: The Facts

It's basically scrub grasslands, scrub forests.

Yet the Cerrado has many
unique species. - Extinction: The Facts

Yet the Cerrado has many unique species.

Giant anteaters have been
around for millions of years, - Extinction: The Facts

Giant anteaters have been around for millions of years,

They only have one pup at a time, - Extinction: The Facts

They only have one pup at a time,

So the mothers carry their pups
on their backs, - Extinction: The Facts

So the mothers carry their pups on their backs,

Over 50% has now been transformed
into agricultural landscapes. - Extinction: The Facts

Over 50% has now been transformed into agricultural landscap...

The greatest expansion
of agriculture, - Extinction: The Facts

The greatest expansion of agriculture,

And here we can see the exports
of soy from this area - Extinction: The Facts

And here we can see the exports of soy from this area

But some of it is actually
imported into the UK. - Extinction: The Facts

But some of it is actually imported into the UK.

We're buying as much as
half a million tonnes - Extinction: The Facts

We're buying as much as half a million tonnes

The majority of this is used
to make feed for chickens - Extinction: The Facts

The majority of this is used to make feed for chickens

Some supermarkets and some
manufacturers are starting to shift, - Extinction: The Facts

Some supermarkets and some manufacturers are starting to shi...

Anteaters have to be able to move
freely throughout its environment. - Extinction: The Facts

Anteaters have to be able to move freely throughout its envi...

This is important for
males to find mates - Extinction: The Facts

This is important for males to find mates

If there are barriers to movement, - Extinction: The Facts

If there are barriers to movement,

As the Cerrado is being cleared, - Extinction: The Facts

As the Cerrado is being cleared,

And the surrounding areas
become lethal territory. - Extinction: The Facts

And the surrounding areas become lethal territory.

The land is being crossed
by highways. - Extinction: The Facts

The land is being crossed by highways.

Sometimes when a female giant
anteater dies on the road, - Extinction: The Facts

Sometimes when a female giant anteater dies on the road,

But we have found roadkill decreases - Extinction: The Facts

But we have found roadkill decreases

The unprecedented impact
we are having on the planet - Extinction: The Facts

The unprecedented impact we are having on the planet

Scientists believe that our
destructive relationship with nature - Extinction: The Facts

Scientists believe that our destructive relationship with na...

We've seen an increasing rate
of pandemic emergence. - Extinction: The Facts

We've seen an increasing rate of pandemic emergence.

We've had swine flu, SARS, Ebola, - Extinction: The Facts

We've had swine flu, SARS, Ebola,

And what are the things going
on there that could have caused it? - Extinction: The Facts

And what are the things going on there that could have cause...

And we've found we're behind
every single pandemic - Extinction: The Facts

And we've found we're behind every single pandemic

Animals have lots of different
viruses that circulate - Extinction: The Facts

Animals have lots of different viruses that circulate

And so one of the most obvious ways
that we're making it more likely - Extinction: The Facts

And so one of the most obvious ways that we're making i...

The wildlife trade
is at unprecedented levels. - Extinction: The Facts

The wildlife trade is at unprecedented levels.

We have huge markets with tens of
thousands of live animals, - Extinction: The Facts

We have huge markets with tens of thousands of live animals,

These are incredible places
for viruses to spread. - Extinction: The Facts

These are incredible places for viruses to spread.

And we're connected to that trade - Extinction: The Facts

And we're connected to that trade

We've seen this huge increase
in the use - Extinction: The Facts

We've seen this huge increase in the use

And that means hundreds of thousands
of animals are bred - Extinction: The Facts

And that means hundreds of thousands of animals are bred

You have large densities of animals - Extinction: The Facts

You have large densities of animals

..is that we are encroaching
further and further every day - Extinction: The Facts

..is that we are encroaching further and further every day

31% of all emerging diseases
have originated - Extinction: The Facts

31% of all emerging diseases have originated

Forests around the world, where
there's a lot of biodiversity, - Extinction: The Facts

Forests around the world, where there's a lot of biodiv...

The minute we build
a road in there, - Extinction: The Facts

The minute we build a road in there,

The first people into those logging
camps go out and hunt bushmeat - Extinction: The Facts

The first people into those logging camps go out and hunt bu...

Viruses move from wildlife
into livestock, into people. - Extinction: The Facts

Viruses move from wildlife into livestock, into people.

At every step of the process, we're
bringing people closer in contact - Extinction: The Facts

At every step of the process, we're bringing people clo...

It's easy to imagine
that we're so far away - Extinction: The Facts

It's easy to imagine that we're so far away

Our consumption of beef drives this, - Extinction: The Facts

Our consumption of beef drives this,

My research is showing
that when humans convert habitat, - Extinction: The Facts

My research is showing that when humans convert habitat,

It's not all species
that are likely to make us sick. - Extinction: The Facts

It's not all species that are likely to make us sick.

Often the best reservoirs for the
pathogens that can jump to humans - Extinction: The Facts

Often the best reservoirs for the pathogens that can jump to...

When we have intact natural systems
with high biodiversity, - Extinction: The Facts

When we have intact natural systems with high biodiversity,

But when humans destroy habitat, - Extinction: The Facts

But when humans destroy habitat,

Which means the smaller bodied
species are the big winners. - Extinction: The Facts

Which means the smaller bodied species are the big winners.

They live at super high density
and are the ones far more likely - Extinction: The Facts

They live at super high density and are the ones far more li...

So we've been saying for 20-plus
years that this exploitation - Extinction: The Facts

So we've been saying for 20-plus years that this exploi...

But what we didn't think was
it was going to happen so quickly - Extinction: The Facts

But what we didn't think was it was going to happen so ...

Since the first cases of Covid-19
were identified in China - Extinction: The Facts

Since the first cases of Covid-19 were identified in China

Those are known to reside
in various kinds of animals, - Extinction: The Facts

Those are known to reside in various kinds of animals,

We found the closest relative
to the virus - Extinction: The Facts

We found the closest relative to the virus

It's really well known for its
biodiversity of plants and of - Extinction: The Facts

It's really well known for its biodiversity of plants a...

One part of the colony's a nursery
where all the kids live - Extinction: The Facts

One part of the colony's a nursery where all the kids l...

But Yunnan has been under
incredible change - Extinction: The Facts

But Yunnan has been under incredible change

High-speed rail links have gone
in there, - Extinction: The Facts

High-speed rail links have gone in there,

And so we think Covid-19
maybe even started there. - Extinction: The Facts

And so we think Covid-19 maybe even started there.

And either somebody got infected
and travelled to Wuhan themselves - Extinction: The Facts

And either somebody got infected and travelled to Wuhan them...

We don't know exactly
what happened yet, - Extinction: The Facts

We don't know exactly what happened yet,

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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