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Extinction: The Facts

But you have to choosewhether you want to extract a sustainable, modest catch or havea big...

But you have to choose
whether you want to extract a sustainable, modest catch or have
a big catch for a short term

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But you have to choose whether you want to extract
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a sustainable, modest catch or have a big catch for a short term.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:08
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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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.
And we have always opted for the big catch for a short term. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And we have always opted for the big catch for a short term.
Even where fish quotas are put in place, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Even where fish quotas are put in place,
And in some parts of the world, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And in some parts of the world,
The waters around the edge of fishing countries - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
The waters around the edge of fishing countries
We found that in China, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
We found that in China,
And studies suggest that some British waters, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
And studies suggest that some British waters,
There is now about 5% of trawler cod fish left - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
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 00:10
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 00:11
Across the globe, the pressures faced by the natural world
When I was a kid in the 1960s, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
When I was a kid in the 1960s,
So I watched it go to six billion around 2000 or so, - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
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 00:06
Population growth is much, much higher in the developing wor...
But it's problematic to just talk about population - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
But it's problematic to just talk about population
It's population, but it's also consumption. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
It's population, but it's also consumption.
And in terms of impact on the planet, - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
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 00:05
That's why I call it a taboo topic, because who's ...
Is it the very large number of people, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Is it the very large number of people,
The average person in the UK consumes nearly four times - Extinction: The Facts 00:14
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 00:14
One of the problems is that many of the products we use are ...
While in a country like the United Kingdom, - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
While in a country like the United Kingdom,