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Extinction: The Facts

If a farmer can't produce stuffin exactly the right form, he has to throw it away

If a farmer can't produce stuff
in exactly the right form, he has to throw it away

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If a farmer can't produce stuff in exactly the right form,
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he has to throw it away.
Duration
7 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:57
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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 of course, we throw it away from the plate. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And of course, we throw it away from the plate.
If we could reduce that food waste, - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
If we could reduce that food waste,
And also, we need to reduce the amount of chemicals, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
And also, we need to reduce the amount of chemicals,
We need the best of the private sector - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
We need the best of the private sector
Another possible solution is to make more rules. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
Another possible solution is to make more rules.
We can't simply depend upon people of goodwill - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
We can't simply depend upon people of goodwill
If governments imposed legislation - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
If governments imposed legislation
Lots of people don't like government regulation, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Lots of people don't like government regulation,
Back in the 1980s, scientists figured out chemicals used - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Back in the 1980s, scientists figured out chemicals used
About a million tonnes of CFCs are produced every year. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
About a million tonnes of CFCs are produced every year.
The nations of the world got together - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
The nations of the world got together
So we shouldn't be demoralised, - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
So we shouldn't be demoralised,
It's a question of finding the political will to do it. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
It's a question of finding the political will to do it.
We shape the future of the planet - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
We shape the future of the planet
And indeed, in the months now, as we come out of the Covid crisis. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And indeed, in the months now, as we come out of the Covid c...
For those of us who care about the future of our planet, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
For those of us who care about the future of our planet,
40 years ago, people consumed a good deal less in the United Kingdom, - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
40 years ago, people consumed a good deal less in the United...
We can be more diligent about thinking about - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
We can be more diligent about thinking about
It's really digging down, saying, what's going on here? - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
It's really digging down, saying, what's going on ...
That's not to say that none of us should ever eat meat - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
That's not to say that none of us should ever eat meat