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Extinction: The Facts

So, for example, we could begin workon restoring degraded land

So, for example, we could begin work
on restoring degraded land

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So, for example, we could begin work on restoring degraded land.
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00:46:03
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Jun 03, 2025
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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.
We can plant trees, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
We can plant trees,
All those examples can be done quickly, - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
All those examples can be done quickly,
So exactly the kind of things you need for a strong recovery. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
So exactly the kind of things you need for a strong recovery...
There are all these things we know we have to do for biodiversity - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
There are all these things we know we have to do for biodive...
And then, going forwards, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
And then, going forwards,
At the moment, nature is coming as a free good. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
At the moment, nature is coming as a free good.
We use rivers and estuaries - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
We use rivers and estuaries
Large chunks of the rainforests - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
Large chunks of the rainforests
As an economist, I think it's right - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
As an economist, I think it's right
We have to recognise that nature has true value that is taken - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
We have to recognise that nature has true value that is take...
We also need to start producing affordable food - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
We also need to start producing affordable food
One of the biggest problems is incredible - - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
One of the biggest problems is incredible -
If a farmer can't produce stuff in exactly the right form, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
If a farmer can't produce stuff in exactly the right fo...
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