Within the span of the next lifetime, the security and stability of the Holocene, our Garden of Eden will be lost. I mean, we have completely well, destroyed that world. Unless we stopped ourselves. How Sir David Attenborough puts a script together for Planet Earth 2 and records the voiceover. This is not about saving our planet its about saving ourselves. Whales were being slaughtered by fleets of industrial whaling ships in the 1970s. The more diverse it is, the better it does that job. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. "David Attenborough" Scripts.com. . The truth is, with or without us, the natural world will rebuild. All these years later, its once again the only option. Dr. Matt Hayward is Associate Professor of Conservation Biology in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. One of the gorillas gives his opinion of the famous broadcaster. And to begin with, it was quite easy. Thank you. The pace of change was getting faster and faster. All have a journey still to complete so that all nations have a good standard of living and a modest footprint. 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. This is a fundamentally important documentary by a man trusted around the world, so ideally, this documentary should be seen by everyone, but the brevity of the biodiversity crisis, the potential impacts and the solutions would be educational to politicians worldwide. When David gets a thorn stuck in his hand, Charles Lagus comes to the rescue. Sparkling coastal seas. It was a brutal and unpredictable world. The voice that has characterised over 60 years of natural history content at the BBC - here are our top 5 David Attenborough moments.Subscribe: http://bit.ly. And you could happily retire. We see Sir David enjoying a good rapport with the sound recordists, joking with them as they put together episodes that will be watched by millions. The most accurate AI-powered transcription on the market. Each generation able to develop and progress only because the living world could be relied upon to deliver us the conditions we needed. Which countries are best prepared for the green tech transition? Sir David Attenborough, who will present a new series about nature across the Uk an Ireland for the BBC. We are after all, the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on Earth. This decade's generation is decisive for what will happen in a century when our children are supposed to live their best lives. That may sound impossible, but there are ways in which we can do this. [whales singing] [whales continue singing]. Wild Isles. David Attenborough returns in this breathtaking documentary showcasing life on Planet Earth. David Attenborough COP26 Climate Summit Glasgow Speech Transcript, Congressional Testimony & Hearing Transcripts. Our intelligence changed the way in which we evolved. A powerful shared conscience had suddenly appeared. Celebrating Attenborough at 90. It was a very different world back then. Now Im fulfilled, my life has a meaning now. A century from now, our planet could be a wild place again. Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Orangutan mothers have to spend ten years with their young, teaching them which fruits are worth eating. Update this biography As the ocean continues to heat and becomes more acidic, coral reefs around the world die. There is widespread acknowledgement within the scientific community that the climate of Africa has been changing as stated in the programme. Over billions of years, nature has crafted miraculous forms, each more complex and accomplished than the last. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. And yet, this is what weve been turning this dizzying diversity into. By 1975, the average was two. And the extent of the polar ice has been critical, reflecting sunlight back off its white surface, cooling the whole earth. We are ultimately bound by and reliant upon the finite natural world about us. It was only in the 50s that large fleets first ventured out into international waters to reap the open ocean harvest across the globe. Imagine if we phase out fossil fuels and run our world on the eternal energies of nature too. A speed of change that exceeds any in the last 10,000 years. In just 25 years, the forest has returned to cover half of Costa Rica once again. Even one as vast as the ocean. If we dont take action, the collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. Every other species on Earth reaches a maximum population after a time. David Attenborough has the honour of a dragonfly being named after him. 2030s. The mountain gorilla is one of the three subspecies of the eastern gorilla. We waste the majority of stuff we consume, be it food, electricity, or space so Attenborough implores us to reduce waste if we do nothing else. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. The very thing that weve removed. The movie visualizes these metaphors tritely, for instance by cutting to a moody shot of a window being shut, and relies extensively on an elaborate C.G.I. 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. David Attenborough: (00:48) Is this how our story is due to end? Affordable, clean energy, healthy air and enough food to sustain us all. View all of Mongabays coverage of conservation solutions here. Vast forests. David Attenborough plays back sound recordings to astonished villagers in Sierra Leone. Required fields are marked *. A further 60% are the animals we raise to eat. There was nothing left to restrict us. And powerful evidence that however grave our mistakes, nature will ultimately overcome them. David reads out the final paragraph of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature. Speaker 3: (03:09) Attenborough launched an official Instagram account on Thursday, Sept. 24, in support of the film. If working apart, we are force powerful enough to destabilize our planet, surely, working together, we are powerful enough to save it. See production, box office & company info, Self - Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland, Self - Arc Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Self - Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Self - Future Africa: University of Pretoria, Self - Institute of Advanced Studies University of So Paulo, Self - University of California at San Diego, Self - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Self - Environmentalist at University of Queensland, : . 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. It's simple. Not just ruined it. To establish a life on our planet in balance with nature. By 1997, only 46% of the planets wilderness remained. Extend your content reach and maximize your engagement rates. 0 likes. [Attenboroughs] voice makes it feel like hes only talking to you and he has something very important to tell you, super-composer Hans Zimmer, who does the music for Planet Earth, comments. By Ed Yong. Speaker 6: (05:46) On current projections, there will be 11 billion people on Earth by 2100. A few millennia after this began, I grew up at exactly the right moment. Attenborough has lived through the initiation of the crisis when he was a small boy exploring the extinct species found in quarries in 1937, 66% of the planet was wilderness. And the idea could be passed from one generation to the next. By the 1980s, uncontrolled logging had reduced this to just one quarter. POOL/AFP via Getty Images. But that distant world is changing. Finally, Attenborough urges us to listen to experts scientists may have been illustrating the problems for several decades, but politicians have preferred to play the short game and ignore the evidence. The removal of people from this area has seen forest take over the town, and rare wildlife has returned. We require wisdom. We cant cut down rainforests forever, and anything that we cant do forever is by definition unsustainable. Theyre places in which evolutions talent for design soars. Nationalism must end we need to recognize that we are all inhabitants of this planet and humanity will be devastated unless we address climate change and the biodiversity crisis. Theyd never seen sloths before. It always counts to do whatever it takes to save the humanity. Its covered with small family-run farms with no room for expansion. Can we fix climate problem in one generation? 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. To move from being apart from nature to becoming a part of nature once again. The very thing that gave birth to our civilization. The most remote habitat of all exists at the extreme north and south of the planet. Mistakes. Well, weve destroyed it. All sorts of things that you had no idea had ever existed, all in a multitude of colors, all unbelievably beautiful. 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. This most pristine and distant of ecosystems is headed for disaster. A Life on our Planet paints this picture with enough clarity to have my 12-year old daughter in tears. Without predators, nutrients are lost for centuries to the depths and the hot spots start to diminish. There was an edge to our existence. 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. Huge herds on the plains have kept the grasslands rich and productive by fertilizing the soils. David Attenborough. Some of the numbers are slightly out too. Attenborough rewrites each script to fit his own turn of phrase and checks for accuracy. Its now time for our species to stop simply growing. That non-human world is gone. David Attenborough narrates a natural history of the oceans. Working with their traditional technology, they were living sustainably, a lifestyle that could continue effectively forever. We will finally learn how to work with nature rather than against it. The deforestation of Borneo has reduced the population of orangutan by two-thirds since I first saw one just over 60 years ago. Half of the worlds rainforests have already been cleared. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series that form the Life collection, which form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on . The government decided to act, offering grants to land owners to replant native trees. 1960 WORLD POPULATION: 3.0 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 315 PARTS PER MILLION REMAINING WILDERNESS: 62%. Thank you. With David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg, James Hansen, Michael E. Mann. Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet is a documentary about the end of the world. Create a better, more engaging experience for every student. It was a great place to come to as a boy, because this is, um, ironstone workings, but it was disused. The best time of our lives. With David Attenborough, Elena Bennett, Jason Box, Terry Hughes. We must rewild the world. Sir David Attenborough Answers . David Attenborough talks about his longstanding fascination with discovering fossils. When fish stocks began to reduce, the Palauans responded by restricting fishing practices and banning fishing entirely from many areas. 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. A tale of the smartest species doomed by that all too human characteristic of failing to see the bigger picture in pursuit of short term goals. Its only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. Right now, were facing a manmade disaster of global scale. But to continue, we require more than intelligence. BBC One posted a behind-the-scenes video of him working on Planet Earth II this week, documenting his role in proceedings. The number that can be sustained on the natural resources available. To accentuate the seriousness of the situation, these experts lean hard on metaphors we hear a lot about falling dominoes, tipping points, danger zones, runaway trains, open windows, the sides of coins and, most whimsically, planetary friends and planetary foes.. Our burning of fossil fuels, our destruction of nature, our approach to industry, construction and learning, are releasing carbon into the atmosphere at an unprecedented pace and scale. More than half of the species on land live here. Even in places where theres no land at all. From Pole to Pole 59 mins This episode journeys across the planet, from pole to pole, following the influence of the sun and discovering how its seasonal journey affects the lives of all who live on earth. All rights reserved. And because we would be then dedicated to raising plants, we could increase the yield of this land substantially. David Attenborough Still Has Hope for Our Future At 94, the beloved British naturalist remains curious and optimistic. They charted them as they moved across rivers, through woodlands, and over national borders. Although the rhinoceros is referred to as black, its colour varies from brown to grey. [Attenborough] It felt that nothing would limit our progress. Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses. In 1950, a Japanese family was likely to have three or more children. Weve come this far because we are the smartest creatures that have ever lived. As hydropower dams quell the Mekongs life force, what are the costs. The earth is not "living" because of us, but we are living because of the earth. That without such an immense space, the herds would diminish and the entire ecosystem would come crashing down. The global temperature has not wavered over this period by more than plus or minus one degree Celsius, until now. Recordings like these revealed that the songs of the humpbacks are long and complex. Read about our approach to external linking. visual of featureless humans walking on color-coded pathways, which looks like a commercial for pain-relief medication and to which the film returns constantly, to laughable effect. Our cities will be cleaner and quieter. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery. The fishing quickly became so poor that countries began to subsidize the fleets to maintain the industry. Stay up to date: Vast swathes of forest have been cleared, waters polluted, species driven extinct. David Attenborough comes face to face with a baby rhino and asks what the future holds for this little one. We account for over one-third of the weight of mammals on earth. And I remember very well that first shot. At times, our ancestors existed only in tiny numbers, but just over 10,000 years ago, that number suddenly stabilized and with it, Earths climate. But to Attenborough, he was reliving the same phenomena he had observed as a child in the fossils he found at his local quarry extinction, during his very lifetime. People had never seen pangolins before on television. And as we work to build a better world, we must acknowledge, no nation has completed its development because no advanced nation is yet sustainable. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series that form the Life collection, which form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. The Second World War was over, technology was making our lives easier. I got as close as I did only because the gorillas were used to people. [groaning] Those beneath can get crushed to death. Sir David Attenborough spoke about climate action at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on November 1, 2021. There were twice the number of people on the planet as there were when I was born. Its quite straightforward. The worlds greatest wildlife reserve. So, Dutch farmers have become expert at getting the most out of every hectare. 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 evidence is all around. In truth, I couldnt imagine living my life in any other way. After all, theres plenty of it. Thank you for the feedback, the missing data has been added and incorrect year amended. At the same time, the Arctic becomes ice-free in the summer. 47 programmes available. And there, only a few yards away, we spotted a great furry red form swaying in the trees. Ways to fish our seas that enable them to come quickly back to life. Apparently stung by criticism about the false impressions his documentaries have provided on the state of our natural world, Attenborough has produced a witness statement outlining the changes to the environment over his 94-year existence and solutions to the biodiversity crisis he has lived through. Read about our approach to external linking. Boo! Its the news, without the news. Without the white ice cap, less of the suns energy is reflected back out to space. Hilde Schwab and Sir David Attenborough at the 25th Annual Crystal Awards Image:World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez. A meteorite impact triggered a catastrophic change in the earth's conditions. David Attenborough: (06:09) 75% of all species were wiped out. The start of my career in my 20s coincided with the advent of global air travel. Ultimately, all of us will feel the impact, some of which are now unavoidable. With all these things, there is one overriding principle. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. If theres any justice in the world, Marcel Ophls monumental labor will be studied and debated for years. See related: Biologists warn extinction denial is the latest anti-science conspiracy theory. A marked change in atmospheric carbon has always been incompatible with a stable earth. When you first see it, you think perhaps that its beautiful, and suddenly you realize its tragic. Below the line are a multitude of lifeforms. Make your content more accessible to people with disabilities. It scares me. Its hard to concentrate on land composition and vanishing biodiversity amid the barrage of bizarre visual effects and histrionic music. The killing of whales turned from a harvest to a crime. On an expedition in New Guinea, the BBC film crew give gifts to the Biami tribe. Were going to have to learn together, how to achieve this, ensuring none are left behind. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. The future generations of many tree species would be at risk. The problem is that our fishing fleets are just as good at finding those hot spots as are the fish. This was before any of us were aware that there were problems. The Big Picture. [Attenborough] Animals that had been viewed as little more than a source of oil and meat became personalities. [Attenborough] Ive been lucky enough to spend my life exploring the wild places of our planet. It focuses on nine planetary thresholds, outlined by the Swedish scientist and environmental science professor Johan Rockstrom, which, if exceeded, will make life on Earth no longer sustainable. [chuckles] Because I wish the struggle wasnt there or necessary. And the rich and thriving living world around us has been key to this stability. Even when people are telling that now is the time to make a change, it was still time to do that many years ago. [birds chirping] Just imagine if we achieve this on a global scale.
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