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Extinction: The Facts

We found that in China, we have about 16% leftof what we had 120 years ago

We found that in China, we have about 16% left
of what we had 120 years ago

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We found that in China,
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we have about 16% left of what we had 120 years ago.
Duration
7 seconds
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28
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:42
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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 studies suggest that some British waters, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
And studies suggest that some British waters,
There is now about 5% of trawler cod fish left - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
There is now about 5% of trawler cod fish left
This is a really big problem for the species of fish that prey - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
This is a really big problem for the species of fish that pr...
Across the globe, the pressures faced by the natural world - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
Across the globe, the pressures faced by the natural world
When I was a kid in the 1960s, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
When I was a kid in the 1960s,
So I watched it go to six billion around 2000 or so, - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
So I watched it go to six billion around 2000 or so,
Population growth is much, much higher in the developing world - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Population growth is much, much higher in the developing wor...
But it's problematic to just talk about population - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
But it's problematic to just talk about population
It's population, but it's also consumption. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
It's population, but it's also consumption.
And in terms of impact on the planet, - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
And in terms of impact on the planet,
That's why I call it a taboo topic, because who's at fault? - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
That's why I call it a taboo topic, because who's ...
Is it the very large number of people, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Is it the very large number of people,
The average person in the UK consumes nearly four times - Extinction: The Facts 00:14
The average person in the UK consumes nearly four times
One of the problems is that many of the products we use are manufactured - Extinction: The Facts 00:14
One of the problems is that many of the products we use are ...
While in a country like the United Kingdom, - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
While in a country like the United Kingdom,
Most of the things that we actually use are produced abroad in countries - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Most of the things that we actually use are produced abroad ...
So we are simply moving our footprint on destroying nature - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
So we are simply moving our footprint on destroying nature
Pollutants can have a lasting impact on species - - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
Pollutants can have a lasting impact on species -
PCB stand for polychlorinated biphenyls. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
PCB stand for polychlorinated biphenyls.
We invented them in the '20s - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
We invented them in the '20s