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Sep 11, 2020 · Wildlife in 'catastrophic decline', report warns. With a million species at risk, what do we save? Since 1970, vertebrate animals - birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and amphibians -...
Sep 11, 2020 · Wildlife in 'catastrophic decline', report warns. With a million species at risk, what do we save? Since 1970, vertebrate animals - birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and amphibians - have declined...
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- Biodiversity loss can lead to pandemics. Attenborough and a host of experts on the programme explained how the loss of biodiversity makes the likelihood of pandemics — like the one we’re living through right now — more likely.
- Insects are essential. “Soil should be teeming with life,” says Prof. Richard Bardgett, a soil ecologist from the University of Manchester, on the show.
- Plants are at risk. Kathy Willis, a plant scientist from the University of Oxford, highlighted that one in four of the plants assessed in the UN’s 2019 global study of biodiversity are at risk of extinction.
- The illegal animal trade is sky-rocketing. In the past 20 years, poaching and the illegal wildlife trade has become a multi-billion dollar industry, Attenborough said.
May 6, 2024 · We celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 94th birthday with some of his most memorable and inspiring quotes about nature.
Oct 8, 2020 · If we all had a largely plant-based diet, David Attenborough says, we would need half the land we use now. In nature, large carnivores are fairly rare; for every predator on the Serengeti, there are more than 100 prey animals.
Dec 19, 2020 · Speaking during a Zoom interview to celebrate the launch of his new documentary series A Perfect Planet, Sir David exclusively told Tyla that he thinks captive animals are needed - so long as the facilities maintained "the best possible standard" - so that humans can be "aware of their reality".
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