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Extinction: The Facts

We shape the future of the planet irretrievably by the decisions we take in this next few...

We shape the future of the planet irretrievably by the decisions we take in this next few years

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We shape the future of the planet
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irretrievably by the decisions
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we take in this next few years.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:42
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 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
As I was preparing to talk to camera, - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
As I was preparing to talk to camera,
It was an experience that has stayed with me, - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
It was an experience that has stayed with me,
In the 1970s, this population of mountain gorillas was estimated - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
In the 1970s, this population of mountain gorillas was estim...