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Plants underpin almost every single thing that we require
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Extinction: The Facts

Plants underpin almost everysingle thing that we require

Plants underpin almost every
single thing that we require

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Plants underpin almost every single thing that we require.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:12:14
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
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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.
Think about the air we breathe, concentration of CO2 in the air, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
Think about the air we breathe, concentration of CO2 in the ...
Trees regulate water flow across landscapes. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
Trees regulate water flow across landscapes.
Intercept the rainfall and the roots hold the soil in place. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
Intercept the rainfall and the roots hold the soil in place.
So you chop all those trees down, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
So you chop all those trees down,
We've learnt that many, many times, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
We've learnt that many, many times,
Even in the UK, we've converted many areas that have been - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
Even in the UK, we've converted many areas that have be...
The impacts of biodiversity loss - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
The impacts of biodiversity loss
It's never been more critical for us to understand - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
It's never been more critical for us to understand
Scientists have identified the key ways in which we humans - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
Scientists have identified the key ways in which we humans
There are many ways to remove pieces of the puzzle. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
There are many ways to remove pieces of the puzzle.
The most obvious way is to kill something, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
The most obvious way is to kill something,
Over the last 20 years, the illegal wildlife trade has become - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
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 00:05
One of the biggest ever hauls, worth more than £4 million......
..was found in a shipping container. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
..was found in a shipping container.
Poaching is still sort of like a war, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Poaching is still sort of like a war,
Every day, we lose between two or three rhinos in Africa. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
Every day, we lose between two or three rhinos in Africa.
We're talking about millions of animals being snatched - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
We're talking about millions of animals being snatched
Illegal wildlife trafficking ranks fourth of transnational crimes - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
Illegal wildlife trafficking ranks fourth of transnational c...
One of the drivers for increasing demand - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
One of the drivers for increasing demand
If you have money, if you have internet, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
If you have money, if you have internet,