david attenborough: a life on our planet transcript

Since the Second World War, what's known as the "Great Acceleration" has brought us many progressive things, as our GDPs indicate. We are ultimately bound by and reliant upon the finite natural world about us. 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. A mass extinction has happened five times in lifes four-billion-year history. Its decision to do so has resulted in the human species pushing our planet towards a tipping point. By damming, polluting, and over-extracting rivers and lakes, weve reduced the size of freshwater populations by over 80%. 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. 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. If we want to, we can kill almost anything in the sea that we wish. We had very little understanding of how the living world actually worked. 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. We require wisdom. The very thing that gave birth to our civilization. The forest is growing, flowers and fruit trees blossom, and wild animals visit. The pace of change was getting faster and faster. This most pristine and distant of ecosystems is headed for disaster. Our impact now truly profound. I am David Attenborough, and I am 93. we would keep consuming the earth until we had used it up. thank you soo much this script was very good, Your email address will not be published. Recordings like these revealed that the songs of the humpbacks are long and complex. 75% of all species were wiped out. It needs protecting. Life in Pripyat continued comfortably until 26 April 1986, when reactor number 4 at Chernobyl exploded. Filmmaker Sir David Attenborough has been documenting the natural world since the 1950s. Even in places where theres no land at all. Nobody wanted animals to become extinct. Fossils. You say in this book, with us or without us ATTENBOROUGH: Oh, well, yes. There's some good news though. Sir David Attenborough to 60 Minutes on climate change: "A crime has 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. Emmy-winning narrator David Attenborough ("Our Planet," "Planet Earth II") looks back and shares a way forward. Search the history of over 797 billion So let's go back to the beginning of this summary. The resources they used naturally renewed themselves. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet - Transcript October 14, 2020 David Attenborough has seen more of the natural world than any other. All that evolution undone. I'm quite sure. Our cities will be cleaner and quieter. The thing we rely upon for every element of the lives we lead. In 1998, a Blue Planet film crew stumbled on an event little known at the time. As a result, female polar bears are giving birth to smaller cubs, and these underweight cubs are less likely to survive. 2021 Scraps from the Loft. Do the preparation task first. Insects, our small hunters, and pollinators have reduced by one quarter. 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. [Attenborough] By working hard to raise people out of poverty, giving all access to healthcare, and enabling girls in particular to stay in school as long as possible, we can make it peak sooner and at a lower level. Attenborough's wildlife journey started at a young age. There is little left for the rest of the living world. Nature will take any chance to reclaim some space. It had everything a community would needfor a comfortable life. 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. We will finally learn how to work with nature rather than against it. We also need to rebuild our seas to capture carbon, increase biodiversity and food supply. The living world cant operate without a healthy ocean and neither can we. As healthcare and education improved, peoples expectations and opportunities grew, and the birth rate fell. At first, the cause of the bleaching was a mystery. The world population was 2.3 billion, the carbon in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million, and the remaining wilderness was 66%. But it now appeared this was only because the ocean was absorbing much of the excess heat, masking our impact. And beyond that strip, there is nothing but regimented rows of oil palms. An imaginative young squirrel leads a musical revolution to save his parents from a tyrannical leader. [groaning] Those beneath can get crushed to death. He researched how the Earth had experienced massive eruptions at specific points, destroying many species. Scientists call it the Holocene. He has perpetually been on the road ever since. Be the first one to, David Attenborough - A Life on Our Planet 2020, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Sir David Attenborough Has A Dire Message About The Earth's Future 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. Farms take up a combined space the size of North America, South America, and Australia combined, with devastating greenhouse gas emissions. The complete series [HD DVD] / a BBC/Discovery Channel/NHK co-production, in association with the CBC ; . 1997 WORLD POPULATION: 5.9 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 360 PARTS PER MILLION REMAINING WILDERNESS: 46%. A powerful shared conscience had suddenly appeared. The trick is to raise the standard of living around the world without increasing our impact on that world. The point for me was simple: the wild is far from unlimited. How did that change our view of the world? All rights reserved. SIMON: I feel the need to take up some of the very practical points that you raise in this book. It triggered an environmental catastrophe that had an impact across Europe. We cut down over 15 billion trees each year. The most remote habitat of all exists at the extreme north and south of the planet. However, stressed polyps dispose of their algae partners, leading them to bleach and turn into skeletons. 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. It was only in the 50s that large fleets first ventured out into international waters to reap the open ocean harvest across the globe. This city in Ukraine was once home to almost 50,000 people. 2030s. Its now time for our species to stop simply growing. Below the line are a multitude of lifeforms. Farmers in developed countries could be incentivized to build biodiversity on their farms. Interspersed with footage of his career and of a wide variety of ecosystems, he narrates key moments in his career and indicators of how the planet has changed since he was born in 1926. Otherwise, this is brilliant! And skeletal is precisely what these reefs were becoming. Governments need to offer financial incentives to create wilderness areas or involve local communities that can benefit from rewilding. on October 24, 2021. 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. And we're on the danger of doing that. Rainforests are particularly precious habitats. [Attenborough] We are facing nothing less than the collapse of the living world. David Attenborough - A Life on Our Planet 2020 - Internet Archive Preparation. Yet the way we humans live on Earth now is sending biodiversity into a decline. Prehistoric Planet will be back for a second season. Clean energy has to replace fossil fuels. Without this training, they would not complete their role in dispersing seeds. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet: Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey. 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. This might all sound like a post-apocalyptic horror movie. And ways to harvest our forests sustainably. But its now becoming apparent that its not all doom and gloom. I don't think anybody has actually said that they were prepared for it, either. ATTENBOROUGH: I don't think it is a responsible thing to do is to simply say that what we see the future, it's very dangerous, and to hell with it. At first, they caught plenty of fish in their nets. 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 global air temperature had been relatively stable till the 90s. We are Canadian. The number of children being born worldwide every year is about to level off. on the Internet. 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. 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. David Attenborough Scripts You and I belong to the most widespread and dominant species of animal on earth. You saw a blue marble, a blue sphere in the blackness, and you realized that that was the earth. Our imprint is now truly global. ATTENBOROUGH: Yes. The history of all human civilization followed. Billions of individuals, and millions of kinds of plants and animals [birds chirping] dazzling in their variety and richness. SIMON: You project what the world might look like in 10 years and even a century. Your email address will not be published. No one wants this to happen. Millions of people rendered homeless. But we can make them the only source. 2020 | Maturity rating: 7+ | 1h 23m | Nature & Ecology Documentaries. Great numbers of species disappear and are suddenly replaced by a few. Its only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. Humanitarian crises would result as people would be forced to relocate, triggering border conflict. When you think about it, were completing a journey. [Attenborough] We had broken loose. Yet, theyve removed 90% of the large fish in the sea. A further 60% are the animals we raise to eat. A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough Summary - Briefer And to begin with, it was quite easy. The vast majority, chickens. Some of the numbers are slightly out too. [imperceptible] Theyve always been a place beyond imagination with scenery unlike anything else on earth and unique species adapted to a life in the extreme. And that completely changed the mindset of the population, the human population of the world. Increasingly, theyre doing so sustainably. A prequel to "Nanti Kita Cerita Tentang Hari Ini," this film follows the love story of young Narendra and Ajeng who come from different backgrounds. Fortunately, Tanzania and Kenya took far-sighted action to safeguard the sacred paths of the Serengeti migration. When they do, theyre able to gather the concentrated shoals with ease. Over billions of years, nature has crafted miraculous forms, each more complex and accomplished than the last. By the 1980s, uncontrolled logging had reduced this to just one quarter. Based on a children's book by Paul McCartney. This is not about saving our planet its about saving ourselves. More recently, you may have heard of Pripyat from the HBO series Chernobyl? David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet - Netflix We have already moved beyond the boundaries of four of these nine. Uh The Human beings have overrun the world. Humpbacks living in the same area learn their songs from each other. watch for yourself. Morocco generates 40% from renewable power plants and exports solar energy. These simple statistics speak as eloquently for our planet as our author does. Walruses rest on the sea ice when they're not hunting, and because there isn't enough space on the diminishing ice, it becomes very overcrowded. Without predators, nutrients are lost for centuries to the depths and the hot spots start to diminish. There just isnt the space. 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. They capture 3 trillion kilowatt-hours of solar energy every day. A line in the rock layers. Which is why weve cut down three trillion trees across the world. Amid planet's crisis, filmmaker Sir David Attenborough's 'vision for ATTENBOROUGH: Well, it could be gone. It revealed a cold reality. And the reef turns from wonderland to wasteland. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Their solution is to climb higher up the cliffs, but with their poor eyesight, they often fall from the tops of cliffs as the smell of the sea lures them closer. Earth could be 4 degrees Celsius warmer, making farming in many areas impossible. By the time Frozen Planet aired in 2011, the reasons for these changes was well established. The longer they have to wait for the ice to return, the more they use up their fat supplies. The largest whales, the blues, numbered only a few thousand by then. The very thing that weve removed. Mangroves and coral reefs along thousands of miles of coast have harbored nurseries of fish species that, when mature, then range into open waters. The predators help to keep nutrients in the oceans sunlit waters, recycling them so that they can be used again and again by plankton. Or is that question not called for under the circumstances? And freshwater is equally at risk. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) - IMDb David Attenborough COP26 Climate Summit Glasgow Speech Transcript - Rev But that distant world is changing. These mass extinctions have occurred five times during our planet's four billion-year lifespan. 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. However, if we had "no fishing" zones in one-third of the sea, our fish stocks could recover over the long term. He believes that we have The Planetary Boundaries model as our guide, and that we should be looking to it for inspiration. Sir David Attenborough is 94 years old and has some stark, startling sentences in the first few pages of his new book. The evidence is all around. The truth is, with or without us, the natural world will rebuild. In this trailer, he talks about his documentary A Life on Our Planet. From Pripyat, an area deserted after a nuclear disaster, Attenborough gives an overview of his life. But whether it will survive in the form that will include us in it is just another question. And there I was, actually being asked to explore these places and record the wonders of the natural world for people back home. [Attenborough] If we can change the way we live on Earth, an alternative future comes into view. This truth defined the life we led in our pre-history, the time before farming and civilization. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. There we are, on it, and everybody in the entire world is in that picture except for the two people in the spacecraft. In 1950, a Japanese family was likely to have three or more children. "No fishing" zones cover less than 7% of the ocean. [Attenborough] By the end of the century, Borneos rainforest had been reduced by half. Attenborough says, We run life on the planet to meet our own ends.. There were twice the number of people on the planet as there were when I was born. If herds of animals couldn't travel to new grazing, they, along with predators, would starve. 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. Working with their traditional technology, they were living sustainably, a lifestyle that could continue effectively forever. And of course, if we increase our wilderness areas, we have a natural way of capturing carbon. 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. Rising sea levels could lead to cities like Rotterdam, Ho Chi Minh City, and Miami being evacuated. [wildebeest snorting] For every single predator on the Serengeti, there are more than 100 prey animals. The deforestation of Borneo has reduced the population of orangutan by two-thirds since I first saw one just over 60 years ago. Complete the sentences with words from the . Politicians and corporates have to overcome vested interests and work towards the greater good. Palau is a Pacific Island nation reliant on its coral reefs for fish and tourism. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. SIMON: Sir David Attenborough - his book, along with his co-author Jonnie Hughes, is "A Life On Our Planet." And Im going to tell you how. Um, and I certainly would feel very guilty if I saw what the problems are and decided to ignore them. This city in Ukraine was once home to almost 50,000 people. This habitat was the subject of the series The Blue Planet, which we were filming in the late 90s. A habitat that is dead in comparison. 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. You say 75% of the Amazon rainforest could be gone. [Attenborough] It felt that nothing would limit our progress. To start to thrive. In 2014, a plane with 239 people aboard vanishes from all radar. Back then, it seemed inconceivable that we, a single species, might one day have the power to threaten the very existence of the wilderness. Orangutan mothers have to spend ten years with their young, teaching them which fruits are worth eating. There was an edge to our existence. And it relies on its biodiversity to run smoothly. A world that demanded more every day. Each generation able to develop and progress only because the living world could be relied upon to deliver us the conditions we needed. One of the greatest films ever made, The Sorrow and The Pity is a contribution to history, to social psychology, to anthropology, and to art. Vast forests. There are something like 4,000 million of us today, and weve reached this position with meteoric speed. Small creatures called polyps, create reefs by building walls of calcium carbonate to protect their tiny forms, while the fantastic colors of a coral reef come from the algae in their tissues. And this is what they saw what we all saw. Ive seen it with my own eyes. In David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet (2020), which premiered on Netflix, co-director Keith Scholey of Silverback Films and producer Colin Butfield of the World Wildlife Fund bring us Sir David's witness statement. Without the white ice cap, less of the suns energy is reflected back out to space. 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. Rewilding the world is simpler than you might think. attenborough a life on our planet transcript life on earth the greatest story ever told david . The Amazon Rainforest, cut down until it can no longer produce enough moisture, degrades into a dry savannah, bringing catastrophic species loss and altering the global water cycle. That disaster is being brought about by the very things that allow us to live our comfortable lives." 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. In one person's lifetime, we have demolished our land and sea wilderness. Chris Rock makes comedy history with this global livestreaming event. However, Attenborough points out that vested interests will hold us back. ATTENBOROUGH: Well, I think it changed everybody's view. 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. Coral reefs don't like acid, and 90% of our reefs could die off in a few years. And in less than 48 hours, the city was evacuated. 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. The result is that the population has now stabilized and has hardly changed since the millennium. Half a million gazelle. For 10,000 years, the average temperature has not wavered up or down by more than one degree Celsius. The explosion was a result of bad planning and human error. From Pripyat, a deserted area after the nuclear disaster, Attenborough gives an overview of his life. We cant cut down rainforests forever, and anything that we cant do forever is by definition unsustainable. The best time of our lives. We were transforming what a species could achieve. 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. Executive-produced by his sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo. Global food production enters a crisis as soils become exhausted by overuse. 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. And the changes we have to make will only benefit ourselves and the generations that follow. In 1990, parts of the Mexican Coast were overfished, so a marine protected area was established. If we fast-forward to 2020, a mere 83 years later, the statistics are disheartening. Uploaded by None of us can afford for it to happen. It was a great place to come to as a boy, because this is, um, ironstone workings, but it was disused. Many of the millions of species in the forest exist in small numbers. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. But what if Nimona is the monster he's sworn to kill? Ways to fish our seas that enable them to come quickly back to life. In the 1950s, Borneo was three-quarters covered with rainforest. Ice-free summers in the Arctic would also start. The pace of progress was unlike anything to be found in the fossil record. Since I started filming in the 1950s, on average, wild animal populations have more than halved. In his latest book and film, "A Life on Our Planet," he offers a grave and alarming assessment about . Many people regarded it as the most costly in the history of mankind. But scientists started to discover that in many cases where bleaching occurred, the ocean was warming.

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