But lines blur when a key informant makes a big ask. We have pursued animals to extinction many times in our history, but now that it was visible, it was no longer acceptable. I don't think anybody has actually said that they were prepared for it, either. There was an edge to our existence. I look at these images now and I realize that, although as a young man I felt I was out there in the wild experiencing the untouched natural world it was an illusion. And if we do it right, it can continue because theres a win-win at play. He and his son used a plane to follow the herds over the horizon. The last one is thought to have been a meteorite that struck Earth, destroying anything bigger than a dog. Scientists call it the Holocene. We just have to do what nature has always done. Without this training, they would not complete their role in dispersing seeds. And that completely changed the mindset of the population, the human population of the world. But scientists started to discover that in many cases where bleaching occurred, the ocean was warming. We invented farming. David Attenborough is a famous British naturalist. Ive experienced the living world firsthand in all its variety and wonder. Half a million gazelle. However, these marvels of the underwater food chain have become rarer, owing to overfishing, and because of disruptions in the food chain, our oceans are dying. 2020 WORLD POPULATION: 7.8 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 415 PARTS PER MILLION REMAINING WILDERNESS: 35%, Science predicts that were I born today, I would be witness to the following. A thick belt of jungles around the equator has piled plant on plant to capture as much of the suns energy as possible, adding moisture and oxygen to the global air currents. Fortunately, Tanzania and Kenya took far-sighted action to safeguard the sacred paths of the Serengeti migration. 2020 | Maturity rating: 7+ | 1h 23m | Nature & Ecology Documentaries. When her husband dies, Sole decides that the best way to take care of her son is to become a crime boss even if that means being her father's enemy. And because we would be then dedicated to raising plants, we could increase the yield of this land substantially. For a long time, I and perhaps you have dreaded that future. And I remember very well that first shot. And we understand that it's going to cost something if you put it right and that the Western and developed countries had more than their fair share. Based on a children's book by Paul McCartney. And the idea could be passed from one generation to the next. as they were made aware of the natural world. Starring: David Attenborough. 1997 WORLD POPULATION: 5.9 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 360 PARTS PER MILLION REMAINING WILDERNESS: 46%. A meteorite impact triggered a catastrophic change in the earths conditions. One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. That may sound impossible, but there are ways in which we can do this. on the Internet. More than half of the species on land live here. Nobody wanted animals to become extinct. Attenborough is famous for many of the truly epic natural history documentaries on our planet. Our greatest threat in thousands of years. And this is what they saw what we all saw. But if you get in a helicopter, you see that that is a strip about half a mile wide. Recent surveys indicate that one-third of the population has either stopped or reduced their meat consumption in the UK, and 39% of Americans are trying to eat less meat. As much as 60% of farmland is devoted to beef production. Air transport will be hugely problematic to solve, although electric and hydrogen planes are in the process of being developed. In the 30 years since the evacuation of Chernobyl, the wild has reclaimed the space. We cant cut down rainforests forever, and anything that we cant do forever is by definition unsustainable. Farmers in developed countries could be incentivized to build biodiversity on their farms. Sample Page; ; In just 25 years, the forest has returned to cover half of Costa Rica once again. Immense grasslands. [indistinct chatter] Over billions of years, nature has crafted miraculous forms, each more complex and accomplished than the last. The earths plants capture three trillion kilowatt-hours of solar energy each day. Which is why weve cut down three trillion trees across the world. ATTENBOROUGH: Well, I'm not sure if you can take an overall view like that. Sir David Attenborough is a BAFTA and Emmy-Award winning broadcaster and natural historian.He is the internationally bestselling author of over 25 books, including Life on Earth.He also served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s, and as the President of the Royal Society for Nature Conservation in the 90s. A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with. The Amazon rainforest could suffer from "forest dieback" and be starved of moisture, becoming an open savannah and destroying its biodiversity. As we improve our approach to farming, well start to reverse the land-grab that weve been pursuing ever since we began to farm, which is essential because we have an urgent need for all that free land. Raising yields tenfold in two generations while at the same time using less water, fewer pesticides, less fertilizer and emitting less carbon. And Im going to tell you how. Complete the sentences with words from the . But within only a few years, the nets across the globe were coming in empty. Polar bears need ice as the launching pads for hunting. But Ive had unbelievable luck and good fortune. And we were responsible. The thing we rely upon for every element of the lives we lead. We rely entirely on this finely tuned life-support machine. Its rhythm of seasons was so reliable that it gave our own species a unique opportunity. In this summary, we'll briefly explore what Attenborough calls "the tragedy of our time," and how, with immediate and decisive action, disaster can be averted. The United Nations and World Trade Organisation are trying to establish new rules in international waters, which are notoriously overfished by large nations. By the 1980s, uncontrolled logging had reduced this to just one quarter. It will survive. The problem is that our fishing fleets are just as good at finding those hot spots as are the fish. [young Attenborough] We heard a crashing in the branches ahead. Plankton would also be destroyed by the acid, affecting the entire food chain. Large carnivores are rare in nature because it takes a lot of prey to support each of them. Emmy-winning narrator David Attenborough ("Our Planet," "Planet Earth II") looks back and shares a way forward. The wilder and more diverse forests are, the more effective they are at absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. Every other species on Earth reaches a maximum population after a time. The world population sits at 7.8 billion, the carbon in the atmosphere is 415 parts per million, and shockingly the remaining wilderness is 35%. Its only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. And we're on the danger of doing that. Mistakes. But you now want to explain to us what peril we are in. The evidence is all around. The very thing that weve removed. According to Attenborough, the 22nd century could herald massive enforced human migration. We must immediately halt deforestation everywhere and grow crops like oil palm and soya only on land that was deforested long ago. I think the sudden sight that there were two people way out there, high up in the sky looking at the Earth from a distance where the whole globe was within one picture was an extraordinary realization, not only of the smallness of the planet but its isolation. And the reef turns from wonderland to wasteland. Jonnie Hughes served as director and producer, as he has on Attenborough's documentaries since 2000. In 2008, academic researcher Maxwell Boykoff, studied UK tabloids to determine how climate change was represented across the widest circulating newspapers. J.P. Morgan: How One Man Financed America is a fast-paced and informative portrait of Americas most prolific banker a man so powerful that when he died, the NYSE paused all trading for half a day out of respect. David Attenborough: ( 00:48) For much of humanity's ancient history, that number bounced wildly between 180 and 300, and so too did global temperatures. If we want to, we can kill almost anything in the sea that we wish. The best time of our lives. Nature, once again, had to start again. They may have got time to actually - to pay more to sort things out. From Pripyat, an area deserted after a nuclear disaster, Attenborough gives an overview of his life. In the process, they also provide us with simple solutions to saving our planet before it is too late. 2021 Scraps from the Loft. This film is my witness statement and my vision for the future, the story of how we came to make this our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. As healthcare and education improved, peoples expectations and opportunities grew, and the birth rate fell. Then watch the video and do the exercises. This docuseries delves into one of our greatest modern mysteries: Flight MH370. We all need to change our mindset, and we need to implement a new order right now. How many people can the Earth carry? I am David Attenborough, and I am 93. All this was absolutely clear, it was only just stopped being a working quarry. The Masai in Kenya engages in projects to reduce their cattle herds and develop wildlife. The more diverse it is, the better it does that job. And beyond that strip, there is nothing but regimented rows of oil palms. And powerful evidence that however grave our mistakes, nature will ultimately overcome them. A further 60% are the animals we raise to eat. The Netherlands is one of the worlds most densely-populated countries. Not just ruined it. And tree diversity is the key to a rainforest. A century from now, our planet could be a wild place again. [Attenborough] They ate meat rarely. The ocean is a critical ally in our battle to reduce carbon in the atmosphere. Mangroves and coral reefs along thousands of miles of coast have harbored nurseries of fish species that, when mature, then range into open waters. We have such a fascination for wildlife, but wild animals make up only 4% of the mammals on Earth. The future was going to be exciting. So there's not a profit in it, we still go killing it, and they throw a heck of a lot of it back. SIMON: Sir David Attenborough - his book, along with his co-author Jonnie Hughes, is "A Life On Our Planet." Just listen to this. They charted them as they moved across rivers, through woodlands, and over national borders. And suddenly, we realized, you know, we're there together, and we're alone. Sir David Attenborough is 94 years old and has some stark, startling sentences in the first few pages of his new book. Narrated by David Attenborough, the five-episode second season will premiere globally in a five-day week-long event beginning May 22 on Apple [] His book, "A Life On Our Planet: My Witness Statement And Vision For The Future" - and the highly honored broadcaster, historian of nature and best-selling author joins us now. This is now our planet, run by humankind for humankind. Its a sanctuary for wild animals that are very rare elsewhere. The Holocene was our Garden of Eden. I spent the latter half of the 1970s traveling the world, making a series I had long dreamed of called Life on Earth, the story of the evolution of life and its diversity. The world population was 2.3 billion, the carbon in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million, and the remaining wilderness was 66%. However, as it does this, carbon dioxide changes into carbonic acid. The ocean bears the brunt of this because it absorbs the excess heat of global warming. The longer they have to wait for the ice to return, the more they use up their fat supplies. Despite its size, the Netherlands is now the worlds second largest exporter of food. And skeletal is precisely what these reefs were becoming. You say in this book, with us or without us ATTENBOROUGH: Oh, well, yes. His passion for protecting diverse wildlife, and reclaiming our wilderness is palpable, and A Life on Our Planet is his "witness statement." Journalist Jenny Eliscu and filmmaker Erin Lee Carr investigate Britney Spears fight for freedom by way of exclusive interviews and confidential evidence. thank you soo much this script was very good, Your email address will not be published. Insects, our small hunters, and pollinators have reduced by one quarter. In fact, in 2019, New Zealand dropped GDP as its formal measurement of progress and created its own index, taking into account people, profit, and the planet. Recordings like these revealed that the songs of the humpbacks are long and complex. The number that can be sustained on the natural resources available. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. Our cities will be cleaner and quieter. The cycle of destruction continues as the sea life is trapped by or ingests this waste. In 1937, at age 11, he would cycle from his home in Leicester into the countryside to study fossils in the rocks. According to David Attenborough, we have 'overrun the Earth.' SIMON: What does that mean? Do the preparation task first. Offline ansehen. He has perpetually been on the road ever since. Morocco generates 40% from renewable power plants and exports solar energy. But during his lifetime, Attenborough has also seen first-hand the monumental scale of humanity's impact on nature. It seems that the human population will only really peak early in the 22nd century, at about 11 billion people. [over megaphone] Please stop killing the whales. Estimates suggest that no fish zones over a third of our coastal seas would be sufficient to provide us with all the fish we will ever need. David Attenborough A Life On Our Planet 2020 An important documentary that everyone should watch. Landslides and floods would occur, but worse still, this thawing would release 1,400 gigatonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. So, Dutch farmers have become expert at getting the most out of every hectare. Its the only way out of this crisis we have created. Fossil fuels increase the greenhouse effect, releasing gases such as carbon dioxide. I advocate that there should be zones, parts of the ocean where they should be absolutely sacrosanct, where, in fact, populations of fish can build up and actually from that, colonize the rest of the seas that we've stripped. And it lived about 180 million years ago. There is no international law at the moment to stop it. [thunder rumbling] And the weather is more and more unpredictable. On current projections, there will be 11 billion people on Earth by 2100. And the changes we have to make will only benefit ourselves and the generations that follow. A mass extinction has happened five times in lifes four-billion-year history. With nothing to restrict us, our population has been growing dramatically throughout my lifetime. We also need to rebuild our seas to capture carbon, increase biodiversity and food supply. The scale of the problem is so overwhelming . . Ive had the most extraordinary life. For some time, climate scientists had warned that the planet would get warmer as we burned fossil fuels and released carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. 2020 | Maturity Rating: 7+ | 1h 23m | Science & Nature Docs. To move from being apart from nature to becoming a part of nature once again. If we fast-forward to 2020, a mere 83 years later, the statistics are disheartening. One of the extraordinary things about it was that the world could actually watch it as it happened. And the speed of global warming increases. 24FramesArchives In 1990, parts of the Mexican Coast were overfished, so a marine protected area was established. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. And a few years later, that idea became obvious to everyone. Throughout the north, frozen soils thaw, releasing methane, a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide, accelerating the rate of climate change dramatically. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Tasks . Some of the numbers are slightly out too. People benefit from the timber and then benefit again from farming the land thats left behind. Right now, were facing a manmade disaster of global scale. If we travel back to modern-day Pripyat, David Attenborough tells us that nature is once again asserting itself. David Attenborough, Our Planet In his 93 years, Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of the planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. While the future of our planet may look bleak, Attenborough offers us hope and a vision for restoring our planet. Why wouldnt we want to do these things? To restore stability to our planet, we must restore its biodiversity. It's a statement of his past experiences, what will happen if our current destructive path continues, and what we need to do to rehabilitate our remarkable planet. Just imagine that. If we continue on our current course, the damage that has been the defining feature of my lifetime will be eclipsed by the damage coming in the next. Fast forward to 2021, and a far greater catastrophe looms. Starring: David Attenborough. As much now as I did when I was a boy. These people were hunter-gatherers, as all humankind had been before farming. Sir David,. We must rewild the world. If there is no corner of the oceans which is safe from fishing vessels of one kind or another, we are heading for total elimination of the edible fish from the sea. And renewable energy will never run out. Attenborough launched an official Instagram account on Thursday, Sept. 24, in support of the film. [Attenborough] We are facing nothing less than the collapse of the living world. The process of extinction that Id seen as a boy in the rocks, I now became aware was happening right there around me to animals with which I was familiar. Accuracy and availability may vary. Above, very few. [Attenborough] We had broken loose. Let me just ask you about the 2030s. [groaning] Those beneath can get crushed to death. But its now becoming apparent that its not all doom and gloom. A moment ago, we made this recording with an underwater microphone here in the Pacific near Hawaii. In the northern regions, the temperatures would lift in March, triggering spring, and stay high until they dipped in October and brought about autumn. [exclaiming in surprise] And Im still learning. Ocean life was also unravelling in the shallows. Um, and I certainly would feel very guilty if I saw what the problems are and decided to ignore them. My first visit to East Africa was in 1960. Your email address will not be published. That is quite true. The white color is caused by corals expelling algae that lives symbiotically within their body. 2030s. Overnight, Pripyat transformed from a pleasant, bustling town to a nightmarish disaster zone. This city in Ukraine was once home to almost 50,000 people. However, if we had "no fishing" zones in one-third of the sea, our fish stocks could recover over the long term. The good news is that electric cars are already here. And in that one shot, there was the whole of humanity with nothing else except the person that was in the spacecraft taking that picture. Japans standard of living climbed rapidly in the latter half of the 20th century. Search the history of over 797 billion I noticed that in this transcript the years of the population, carbon & wilderness miss: 1937 & 1954 & repeat the year 1997 twice the last should be 2020. But during his lifetime, Attenborough has also seen first-hand the monumental scale of humanity's impact on nature. Its decision to do so has resulted in the human species pushing our planet towards a tipping point. As the Arctic warms, the tundra in Alaska, northern Canada, and Russia, would collapse as the permafrost would not stay sufficiently frozen to hold the soil together. And the rich and thriving living world around us has been key to this stability. [Attenborough] At the turn of the century, Morocco relied on imported oil and gas for almost all of its energy. [NASA technician] Five, four, three, two one, zero. Baby gorillas were at a premium, and poachers would kill a dozen adults to get one. [Attenborough] I was in a television studio when the Apollo mission launched. There are signs that this has started to happen across the globe.
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