david attenborough: a life on our planet transcript

Working with their traditional technology, they were living sustainably, a lifestyle that could continue effectively forever. [protester over megaphone] We are men and women, and we speak for children, and were all saying, Please stop killing the whales.. In the extreme Alaskan wild, 16 survivalists compete for a chance to win a massive cash prize but these lone wolves must be part of a team to win. [whales singing] [whales continue singing]. Attenborough's wildlife journey started at a young age. We were apart from the rest of life on earth, living a different kind of life. The natural world is, fading, he writes. One of the extraordinary things about it was that the world could actually watch it as it happened. Focusing on a specific period, from the birth of Black Wall Street to its catastrophic downfall over the course of two bloody days, and finally the fallout and reconstruction. Theyd never seen sloths before. Environmental issues have historically had low news value. Today, it generates 40% of its needs at home from a network of renewable power plants, including the worlds largest solar farm. 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. This video guide includes 5 instructional resources for use with the Netflix video "Our Planet: Jungles".28 Question Worksheet w/ Answer Key43 Word Word Jumble w/ Answer Key43 Word Word Search w/ Answer Key43 Word Word ListWord-for-Word Transcript of the Entire EpisodeCheck out my "Our Planet: One Earth" set of resources for free.The questions are answered about every 2-3 minutes. [Attenborough] We are facing nothing less than the collapse of the living world. The 'why' behind this, points to global warming. on October 24, 2021. How did that change our view of the world? The most remote habitat of all exists at the extreme north and south of the planet. I wasn't prepared for it. The United Nations and World Trade Organisation are trying to establish new rules in international waters, which are notoriously overfished by large nations. In one act, this would transform the open ocean from a place exhausted by subsidized fishing fleets to a wilderness that will help us all in our efforts to combat climate change. Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre | Transcript, The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) Review by David Denby, J.P. Morgan: How One Man Financed America [Transcript]. In the 1950s, Borneo was three-quarters covered with rainforest. And yet, this is what weve been turning this dizzying diversity into. Sitting on the edge of the Sahara, and cabled directly into southern Europe, Morocco could be an exporter of solar energy by 2050. SIMON: You're 94, but I have to ask, for all you have seen - almost a century - in times that have been bleak, where does this moment rank? A 12-year-old boy learns he's the returned Jesus Christ, destined to save humankind. David Attenborough became a household name in 1979 with his ground-breaking BBC series, "Life On Earth," which was seen by an estimated 500 million people worldwide. I first witnessed the destruction of an entire habitat in Southeast Asia. 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. The rest, from mice to whales, make up just 4%. This is not about saving our planet its about saving ourselves. We must immediately halt deforestation everywhere and grow crops like oil palm and soya only on land that was deforested long ago. In previous events, it had taken volcanic activity up to one million years to dredge up enough carbon from within the earth to trigger a catastrophe. After the death of their father, two half-brothers find themselves on opposite sides of an escalating conflict with tragic consequences. Jonnie Hughes served as director and producer, as he has on Attenborough's documentaries since 2000. It will lead to our destruction. It had everything a community would need for a comfortable life. So, I had the privilege of being amongst the first to fully experience the bounty of life that had come about as a result of the Holocenes gentle climate. This begs the question, 'What will the next 100 years look like if we dont change?'. All that evolution undone. urgency ? ATTENBOROUGH: Well, I think it changed everybody's view. Tasks . Otherwise, this is brilliant! david frost jimi hendrix; Membership. Thank you so much for being with us. NPR's Scott Simon talks with British natural historian and broadcaster David Attenborough about his new book, Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future. It revealed a cold reality. And you could happily retire. All rights reserved. If you have not used our catalog since prior to June 6, 2016 contact Circulation at the number below to get your PIN reset. . As much as 60% of farmland is devoted to beef production. Our home was not limitless. A mass extinction has happened five times in lifes four-billion-year history. There is a double incentive to cut down forests. Remember you can read the transcript at any time. As nations develop everywhere, people choose to have fewer children. Prehistoric Planet will be back for a second season. [thunder rumbling] And the weather is more and more unpredictable. And, of course, the ocean is important to all of us as a source of food. Which is why weve cut down three trillion trees across the world. SIMON: You advocate what you call no-fish zones. It had everything a community would needfor a comfortable life. 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. ATTENBOROUGH: Yes. If you have a global view, which - and science can give us - science would say that there are more species in danger of total disappearance than there have been in human history. All this was absolutely clear, it was only just stopped being a working quarry. Pripyat is situated in Ukraine, and was built by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. And as the natural environment fails, pandemics are likely to increase. SIMON: I - forgive me, but I feel the need to quote a movie in which your brother starred (laughter), "Jurassic Park," where the scientist says, nature finds a way. Soil would be inadequate, insects and bees destroyed, and droughts and flooding would increase. Clean energy has to replace fossil fuels. As carbon release accelerates, the ocean will continue to absorb its share of this. Ive always had a passion to explore, to have adventures, to learn about the wilds beyond. We filmed 650 species, and we traveled one and a half million miles. 2020 | Maturity Rating: 7+ | 1h 23m | Science & Nature Docs. Its the only way out of this crisis we have created. The Amazon rainforest could suffer from "forest dieback" and be starved of moisture, becoming an open savannah and destroying its biodiversity. 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. Fewer trees and more carbon in the atmosphere would escalate global warming significantly. It was a rediscovery of a fundamental truth. As a result, the no fish zones have increased the catch of the local fishermen, while at the same time allowing the reefs to recover. David Attenborough. This alga is vital because it's the start of the Arctic and Antarctic food chains. And beyond that strip, there is nothing but regimented rows of oil palms. A broadcaster recounts his life, and the evolutionary history of life on Earth, to grieve the loss of wild places and offer a vision for the future. The wilder and more diverse forests are, the more effective they are at absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. If we want to, we can kill almost anything in the sea that we wish. Our imprint is now truly global. Every human can make a difference, but we have to come together internationally, and support the many people already hard at work to save our planet. [birds chirping] Just imagine if we achieve this on a global scale. You say in this book, with us or without us ATTENBOROUGH: Oh, well, yes. But within only a few years, the nets across the globe were coming in empty. But it was noticeable that some of these animals were becoming harder to find. The killing of whales turned from a harvest to a crime. There are signs that this has started to happen across the globe. This model outlines nine critical thresholds, or planetary boundaries, such as climate change, air pollution, land conversion, and biodiversity loss. Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on, Trailer: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. Starring: David Attenborough. And then, every hundred million years or so, after all those painstaking processes, something catastrophic happens, a mass extinction. 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. Why wouldnt we want to do these things? The problem is that our fishing fleets are just as good at finding those hot spots as are the fish. Today, the forest has taken over the city. At the same time, the Arctic becomes ice-free in the summer. ATTENBOROUGH: That means that nothing is safe. The Maasai word Serengeti means endless plains. To those who live here, its an apt description. It seems utterly impossible that after such a devastating environmental disaster, there would be any kind of happy ending. Attenborough's wildlife journey started at a young age. Life cycles on, and if we make the right choices, ruin can become regrowth . By damming, polluting, and over-extracting rivers and lakes, weve reduced the size of freshwater populations by over 80%. Over billions of years, nature has crafted miraculous forms, each more complex and accomplished than the last. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. But to continue, we require more than intelligence. At first, the cause of the bleaching was a mystery. Kate Raworth, an economist at the University of Oxford, has added a social boundary to The Planetary Boundaries model - one that requires us to provide minimum levels of human well-being for all, including adequate housing, clean water, food, education, and justice. We also have to rewild mangroves, salt marshes, and kelp forests to restore biodiversity. And all of them completely undisturbed by your presence. Apple TV+ has renewed the award-winning natural history series from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton and BBC Studios Natural History Unit (Planet Earth). This unique feature documentary is his witness statement. In 1998, a Blue Planet film crew stumbled on an event little known at the time. The point for me was simple: the wild is far from unlimited. We can solve the problems we now face by embracing this reality. No ecosystem, no matter how big, is secure. Unless we stopped ourselves. I am David Attenborough, and I am 93. You put crops on the land and get another reward. Millions of people rendered homeless. David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future 8 likes Like "To restore stability to our planet, therefore, we must restore its biodiversity, the very thing we have removed. We found humpbacks off Hawaii only by listening out for their calls. A powerful shared conscience had suddenly appeared. If this is the case, surely it's up to us to treat our planet with kindness and respect. From Pripyat, a deserted area after the nuclear disaster, Attenborough gives an overview of his life. It has hidden its secrets well because of the difficulties of filming underwater. The only way to keep them alive was for rangers to be with them every day. The purpose of Boykoff's study was to examine environmental representations, to 'provide opportunities to interrogate how particular narratives are translated, and how they make (in)visible certain discourses.' Palau is a Pacific Island nation reliant on its coral reefs for fish and tourism. David Attenborough is a famous British naturalist. For example, the Costa Rican government offered farmers grants to replant indigenous trees twenty-five years ago. Its covered with small family-run farms with no room for expansion. our planet 2020 imdb 15 inspiring david attenborough quotes on nature wildlife earth david attenborough a life on our planet netflix david attenborough a life on our planet learnenglish life The last time it happened was the event that brought the end of the age of the dinosaurs. Due to carelessness, poor planning, and human error, it's probably the most devastating environmental disaster to date. Copyright 2020 NPR. Tune in for a live pre-show 30 minutes before Chris set, followed by an aftershow. In his more recent travels, Attenborough noticed fishers using mosquito nets in the hope of catching something to eat. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 2020 | Maturity rating: PG | 1h 23m | Science & Nature Documentaries A broadcaster recounts his life, and the evolutionary history of life on Earth, to grieve the loss of wild places and offer a vision for the future. This might all sound like a post-apocalyptic horror movie. 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. Accuracy and availability may vary. Imagine if we phase out fossil fuels and run our world on the eternal energies of nature too. As Attenborough reflects on his life, he begins each chapter with three facts. A Life on Our Planet. Because what youre looking at is skeletons. And the extent of the polar ice has been critical, reflecting sunlight back off its white surface, cooling the whole earth. This trajectory is unsustainable, and the Great Acceleration will inevitably result in a "Great Decline.". Thats the sort of commitment you need if you want to even begin making a portrait of the living world. 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. Nobody wanted animals to become extinct. Our greatest threat in thousands of years. On current projections, there will be 11 billion people on Earth by 2100. Im talking about the loss of our planets wild places, its biodiversity. Planet Earth. And sadly, we don't only deplete our fish. Thank you for the feedback, the missing data has been added and incorrect year amended. Since the Second World War, what's known as the "Great Acceleration" has brought us many progressive things, as our GDPs indicate. We require wisdom. This most pristine and distant of ecosystems is headed for disaster. Our closest relatives. With all these things, there is one overriding principle. A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with. Summer sea ice in the Arctic has reduced by 40% in 40 years. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet: Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey. Pollinating insects disappear. 1960 WORLD POPULATION: 3.0 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 315 PARTS PER MILLION REMAINING WILDERNESS: 62%. At times, our ancestors existed only in tiny numbers, but just over 10,000 years ago, that number suddenly stabilized and with it, Earth's climate. The true tragedy of our time is still unfolding across the globe, barely noticeable from day to day. They had never seen the center of New Guinea before. You can be in one spot on the Serengeti, and the place is totally empty of animals, and then, the next morning [bellowing] one million wildebeest. For. As the ocean continues to heat and becomes more acidic, coral reefs around the world die. Morocco generates 40% from renewable power plants and exports solar energy. [Attenborough] By the time Life on Earth aired in 1979, I had entered my 50s. So when he asks that people heed his "witness statement" about the peril humans . Ocean life was also unravelling in the shallows. Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on, Trailer: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. 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. By the time Frozen Planet aired in 2011, the reasons for these changes was well established. With David Attenborough, Max Hughes. And we now had the means to make people across the world aware. 2.4M views 2 years ago In this unique feature documentary, titled David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, the celebrated naturalist reflects upon both the defining moments of his. You can see it. [Attenborough] Ive been lucky enough to spend my life exploring the wild places of our planet. Overnight, Pripyat transformed from a pleasant, bustling town to a nightmarish disaster zone. Still, energy use, production, transport, farming, and telecommunication have also shown their sinister side. These mass extinctions have occurred five times during our planet's four billion-year lifespan. But the longer we leave it, the more difficult itll be to do something about it. Fishing is worlds greatest wild harvest. If herds of animals couldn't travel to new grazing, they, along with predators, would starve. Within 20 years, renewables are predicted to be the worlds main source of power. There is little left for the rest of the living world. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. Pripyat tells us otherwise. Ive visited the polar regions over many decades. In the 1960s, families often had five children, but today the average is 2.5. To move from being apart from nature to becoming a part of nature once again. 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. We are ultimately bound by and reliant upon the finite natural world about us. A few millennia after this began, I grew up at exactly the right moment. Attenborough says, We run life on the planet to meet our own ends.. Our planet becomes four degrees Celsius warmer. Preparation. It was called natural history because thats essentially what it was all about history. But during his lifetime, Attenborough has also seen first-hand the monumental scale of humanity's impact on nature. Vast forests. [young Attenborough] We heard a crashing in the branches ahead. The government decided to act, offering grants to land owners to replant native trees. Preparation task . A meteorite impact triggered a catastrophic change in the earths conditions. David Attenborough A Life On Our Planet 2020 An important documentary that everyone should watch. All rights reserved. Its crazy that our banks and our pensions are investing in fossil fuel when these are the very things that are jeopardizing the future that we are saving for. Even one as vast as the ocean. SIMON: So what gives you hope? But it now appeared this was only because the ocean was absorbing much of the excess heat, masking our impact. Were certainly the most numerous large animal. Scientists call it the Holocene. We have to do our best. And when the government of Brazil is saying that that's what they actually want to happen because knocking down the rainforest is a very good (ph) way to get a quick buck. Trailer: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. Instead, cover crops are planted after harvest to protect the soil, and crops are rotated. We can start to produce food in new spaces. To restore stability to our planet, we must restore its biodiversity. And who knows what effect that will have on the world. A broadcaster recounts his life, and the evolutionary history of life on Earth, to grieve the loss of wild places and offer a vision for the future. David Attenborough is a famous British naturalist. Videos David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. Attenborough is now 94, and throughout his long life, has watched the natural world wither before his eyes. More than half of the species on land live here. The truth is, with or without us, the natural world will rebuild. In 1990, parts of the Mexican Coast were overfished, so a marine protected area was established. Do the preparation task first. And tree diversity is the key to a rainforest. If we take care of nature, nature will take care of us. Its rhythm of seasons was so reliable that it gave our own species a unique opportunity. As Attenborough says: 'We regard the Earth as our planet, run by mankind for mankind.' Our impact now truly profound. With this in mind, David Attenborough has dedicated his life to educating us about our planet, and making discourses visible, through his captivating storytelling. Rewilding the world is simpler than you might think. You could fly for hours over the untouched wilderness. A monoculture of oil palm. According to Attenborough, the 22nd century could herald massive enforced human migration. Um, so, the world is not as wild as it was. We are Canadian. [Attenborough] We had broken loose. Those forests and plains and seas were already emptying. This city in Ukraine was once home to almost 50,000 people. A few days after that and theyre gone over the horizon. The 50,000 large dams in the world, change the water flow and temperature of rivers. Ive had the most extraordinary life. All these years later, its once again the only option. This habitat was the subject of the series The Blue Planet, which we were filming in the late 90s. They discovered that the Serengeti herds required an enormous area of healthy grassland to function. And there, only a few yards away, we spotted a great furry red form swaying in the trees. But if you get in a helicopter, you see that that is a strip about half a mile wide. And if you knock down the whole of the Amazon rainforest, the whole of the climatic systems of rainfall and other climatic factors will be - go off balance. [indistinct chatter] Offline ansehen. We eat 50 billion chickens a year and feed them with soy planted on deforested land. No one has lived here since. The scale of the problem is so overwhelming . As much now as I did when I was a boy. Iceland, Albania, and Paraguay generate their electricity without fossil fuels. A marked change in atmospheric carbon has always been incompatible with a stable earth.

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