urgency ? My generation has failed in its responsibility to protect our planet. This Learning Guide was written byJames A. Frieden. This year has shown us we've gone one step too far. The broadcast marked the first Netflix original documentary series ever aired on conventional television, alongside a collection of Netflix documentaries included in the partnership. Additionally, 2021 was the sixth warmest year on record, according to NOAA. We have systems to bring food to our cities and to remove sewage. Pollutants can have a lasting impact on species - an impact that may take time for us to fully understand. As a child, Attenborough enjoyed studying fossils. An example of (3), bearing witness to great evil, occurred at the end of WW II in Germany. The carbon cycle and the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle are two of the most important. All available episodes' scripts of Tv Show Planet Earth II . . But it's the rate of extinction. the over-fishing of the seas; What we now know about the natural world is that everything is joined up. They are natural pest controllers. 1937: World population: 2.3 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 280 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 66%, 1954 (+17 years): World population: 2.7 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 310 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 64%, 1960 (+16 years) World population: 3.0 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 315 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 62%, 1968 (+8 years) World population: 3.5 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 323 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 59%, 1971 (+3 years) World population: 3.7 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 326 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 58%, 1978 (+5 years) World population: 4.3 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 335 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 55%, 1989 (+11 years); World population: 5.1 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 353 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 49%, 1997 (+8 years) World population: 5.9 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 360 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 46%, 2011 (+4 years) World population: 7.0 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 391 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 39%, 2020 (+9 years)World population: 7.8 billion; Carbon in atmosphere: 415 ppm; Remaining wilderness: 35%. There can surely be no more fitting location than this for the premiere of Our Planet. Restore Biodiversity. See Film Study Worksheet for a Documentary Seeking to Persuade the Viewer On a Matter of Political or Social Significance. Were going to have to learn together, how to achieve this, ensuring none are left behind. And in some parts of the world, there's not even good regulations to limit the catches. [17], Lucy Mangan of The Guardian gave out 4 out of 5 stars to Our Planet, saying "it places clearer emphasis on the fragility and interconnectedness of all the species and eco-systems on display, and on the huge impact, humanity has had on them in so short a time. Unique animals with complex and varied lives disappearing from our planet forever isn't just disturbing. And they are extremely important for pollination. But we have to demand that they are produced sustainably. We can't simply depend upon people and institutions of goodwill to do what is needed to be done. The following books are recommended for excellent high school level readers. More of this and Our Planet might have been a meaningful addition to the canon of natural history series. If there are barriers to movement, this can cause very serious consequences. Gaia 2.0 Could humans add some level of self-awareness to Earths Self-Regulation. A behind-the-scenes documentary was released onto Netflix on 2 August 2019. When a few bacteria are placed on a bed of food in a sterile, sealed dish a perfect environment free from competition, sitting on abundant nutrients they take some time to adapt themselves to the new medium a period called the lag phase. Reducing fishing in an area can get a population back to sustainable levels. Everything behind bullet points comes from the experts who appeared in the programme. There were tensions between the park and communities. The narrator says FOR OVER 65 YEARS, SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH HAS BEEN. I might not be here to see it, but if we make the right decisions at this critical moment, we can safeguard our planet's ecosystems, its extraordinary biodiversity and all its inhabitants. Some sweep up the ground with a net that might be as big as this house. Studies suggest that extinction is now happening 100 times faster than the natural evolutionary rate, and it's accelerating. It's been called the escalator to extinction, and we see it all around the globe. At first glance, it may not seem attractive. We're a group of 12- and 13-year-olds come to tell you adults, you must change your ways.". Even today, there are people that will do anything in their power to make sure that the politicians do not act. At work, she's a renowned assassin. David Attenborough, in full Sir David Frederick Attenborough, (born May 8, 1926, London, England), English broadcaster, writer, and naturalist noted for his innovative educational television programs, especially the nine-part Life series. While most of the radioactive debris was deposited locally, some was carried by air currents to many parts of Europe. In my lifetime, we're looking potentially at the complete loss of that population. In particular, she says the program should have called out those responsible for this ecocide. We know what to do. 8. . Scientists predict that in the future, as temperatures continue to rise, climate change will become the greatest threat faced by species. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K.Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not like the term. That's not to say that none of us should ever eat meat or should cut all dairy out of our diets. The unprecedented impact we are having on the planet is not only putting the ecosystems we rely on at risk. Helpful Background Theres every reason to believe that the answer can be yes. 35 & 60. There are ways of sustainably managing fish stocks. Each one can consume 70 million ants a year. Cultured meat, also called clean meat, is Meat for consumption produced as a cell culture of animal cells rather than from the slaughter of animals. And the more the Earth warms, the worse the problem is. Perhaps the fact that the people most affected by climate change are no longer some imagined future generation, but young people alive today, perhaps that will give us the impetus we need to rewrite our story, to turn this tragedy into a triumph. At least 5% of the radioactive reactor core was ejected into the environment. The most accurate AI-powered transcription on the market. A portion of the price that a tourist pays is actually reserved for those communities adjacent. A 1 hour long bonus episode "Our Planet - Behind The Scenes" about the project is accessible under Additional Videos on Netflix. If we don't act now, the youth of today and the youth of tomorrow are going to look back on this generation with absolute horror. Selected Awards & Cast We're losing biodiversity at a rate that is truly unprecedented in human history. And over time all of them help the economy. But Yunnan has been under incredible change for the past few decades. If we could reduce that food waste, it would go a long, long way to making a more sustainable agricultural system. [7], The series premiere was held on 4 April 2019, at the Natural History Museum in London. Transcribe Your Own Content Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Population growth is much, much higher in the developing world than in the developed. Its simple. And what are the things going on there that could have caused it? The trade is highly profitable and it's unlikely to stop. Brazil has one of the world's largest cattle herds, more than 200 million animals. [4], On 15 April 2015, it was announced that the team behind the BBC nature series Planet Earth would produce an eight-part nature docu-series for Netflix that would be released in 2019. Sir David Attenborough explains how humans can take charge of our future and save our planet. She is shining flower in this park. Since 1500, 570 plant species and 700 animal species have gone extinct. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Here we're looking at tens of years. This film poses questions that citizens must answer about the most serious and pressing existential threat to humankind. Its the news, without the news. Traders claim that they have medicinal purposes, but, you know, pangolin scales are made of keratin. Here are just some of his most inspiring quotes on nature. At the moment, nature is coming as a free good. For much of humanitys ancient history, that number bounced wildly between 180 and 300, and so too did global temperatures. 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. That's how HIV emerged. A stable, healthy world that we can benefit from, forever. All those examples can be done quickly, they are labour intensive and are strong economic multipliers. High-speed rail links have gone in there, roads have been built into remote areas. Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope. This year has shown the vulnerability of our societies. Bearing Witness to make a statement acknowledging that something exists or is true; often it refers to stating what other people need to hear but what they dont want to hear. Only now do I realise just how lucky I've been. In my lifetime, Ive witnessed a terrible decline. This topic is more fully explored in the Learning Guide to Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, but in short, animal agriculture (production of meat and dairy) is responsible for more pollution than the entire transportation sector. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. 4. He was invited to speak by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who chaired this month's session. Speaker 7: (05:55) And that is scary. In the UK, we have one really striking example of that. Only if we do that will we have any hope of averting disaster. The series's presenter is the naturalist David Attenborough, who is regarded as a national treasure in the U.K.he was knighted, in 1985and has written and narrated so many wilderness. We cannot live with that. 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. What happens next is up to every one of us. It's a question of finding the political will to do it. Shop for sustainable fish and meat; If we really care about saving our civilization and other animals we can use our ingenuity to adjust our impact on the sealed environment of the earth and its atmosphere. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet: Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey. 2. Over the last 20 years, the illegal wildlife trade has become a multi-billion dollar global industry. So they have no medicinal properties. Key points: Sir David Attenborough warned that human actions were causing rising carbon levels in the atmosphere About 50% of the endemic species that live in these mountaintops are on that escalator to extinction. The UK economy has lost a quarter of its value. Many of these wonders seem set to disappear forever. But it's problematic to just talk about population because there are two things which are going on. David Attenborough returns in this breathtaking documentary showcasing life on Planet Earth. We need to restore-or "rewild"- biodiversity on the planet. As Mr. Attenborough points out, our actions should be lead to a balanced sustainable world. But right now, the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss is the destruction of habitats. We have created a database that has world fisheries statistics, and we were the first ones to study fisheries on a global basis, and this global view shows that we have massive and widespread overfishing. Each individual bacterium grabs its own plot and seizes is what it needs. While in a country like the United Kingdom, where some very strong laws on how to reduce pollution, we do have to realise we're no longer a major industrial country. Ecologists called this a scramble competition every bacterium for itself! Globally, there was a shock. The waters around the edge of fishing countries are being emptied. Get it right and we still have the ability to pull back and rein in the collapse of biodiversity. To make things worse, those animals are very stressed, and we know that animals that are stressed shed viruses at higher rates. Whenever we restore the wild, it will recapture carbon and help us bring back balance to our planet. For. When we had her blubber levels analysed for PCBs, they were quite shocking. We tend to think that we're somehow outside of that system, but we are part of it and we are totally reliant upon it. Government in all three countries, conservation organisations and local communities started to work together with an emphasis not just on the gorillas, but on the people that live with them. [3], A second season is set for a 2023 release. Netflix and third parties use cookies (why?).