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I was in the Virunga Mountains
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Extinction: The Facts

I was in the Virunga Mountains, which straddle the bordersof Uganda, the Democratic...

I was in the Virunga Mountains, which straddle the borders
of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo
and Rwanda

Full Transcript

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I was in the Virunga Mountains,
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which straddle the borders of Uganda,
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the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:59
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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Movie Summary

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 there I met some of the few remaining mountain gorillas, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
And there I met some of the few remaining mountain gorillas,
As I sit here, there's more meaning - Extinction: The Facts 00:14
As I sit here, there's more meaning
As I was preparing to talk to camera, - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
As I was preparing to talk to camera,
It was an experience that has stayed with me, - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
It was an experience that has stayed with me,
In the 1970s, this population of mountain gorillas was estimated - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
In the 1970s, this population of mountain gorillas was estim...
Their habitat was under very rapid conversion from forest - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Their habitat was under very rapid conversion from forest
This part of Rwanda was one of the poorest and most densely - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
This part of Rwanda was one of the poorest and most densely
And the expansion of agriculture was the only way - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
And the expansion of agriculture was the only way
There were tensions between the park and communities. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
There were tensions between the park and communities.
We had many poachers coming, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
We had many poachers coming,
Coexistence of humans and mountain gorillas - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Coexistence of humans and mountain gorillas
But over the next few decades, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
But over the next few decades,
Government in all three countries, - Extinction: The Facts 00:15
Government in all three countries,
We have over 200 rangers, and their jobs - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
We have over 200 rangers, and their jobs
And since 2005, the government set - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And since 2005, the government set
A portion of the price that a - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
A portion of the price that a
The result is that the conversion of habitat - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
The result is that the conversion of habitat
And the population has recovered. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
And the population has recovered.
30 babies were born in this park last year, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
30 babies were born in this park last year,
No-one will be a victim of poachers. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
No-one will be a victim of poachers.