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Extinction: The Facts

We use rivers and estuaries as sinks for the pollution we create from industry

We use rivers and estuaries as sinks for the pollution we create from industry

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We use rivers and estuaries
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as sinks for the pollution
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we create from industry.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:57
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.
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
Lots of people don't like government regulation, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Lots of people don't like government regulation,
Back in the 1980s, scientists figured out chemicals used - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Back in the 1980s, scientists figured out chemicals used
About a million tonnes of CFCs are produced every year. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
About a million tonnes of CFCs are produced every year.
The nations of the world got together - Extinction: The Facts 00:13
The nations of the world got together
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