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Extinction: The Facts

The nations of the worldgot together and they banned these chemicals, and the problem was...

The nations of the world
got together and they banned these chemicals, and the problem was solved because
once the manufacturing companies started looking for alternatives,
they found them quite quickly

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The nations of the world got together
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and they banned these chemicals,
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and the problem was solved because once the manufacturing companies
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started looking for alternatives, they found them quite quickly.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:22
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.
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
But we have to demand that they are produced sustainably. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
But we have to demand that they are produced sustainably.
Increasingly, I feel it's not - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
Increasingly, I feel it's not
There's a wave of revolution going around, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
There's a wave of revolution going around,
We are waking up, we are realising that the planet - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
We are waking up, we are realising that the planet
If we don't act now, the youth of today and the youth of tomorrow - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
If we don't act now, the youth of today and the youth o...
"What were you thinking?!" - Extinction: The Facts 00:18
"What were you thinking?!"
One thing we do know is that if nature is given the chance, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
One thing we do know is that if nature is given the chance,
40 years ago, I had one of the most - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
40 years ago, I had one of the most
I was in the Virunga Mountains, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
I was in the Virunga Mountains,
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