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A Life on Our Planet My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

A Life on Our Planet My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

David Attenborough, Jonnie Hughes

A Life on Our Planet My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

A Life on Our Planet My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

David Attenborough, Jonnie Hughes
Grand Central Publishing·Nature

<b>In this scientifically informed account of the changes in nature over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future.</b> <br> <br> <b>*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* </b><br> <br> See the world. Then make it better. <br> <br> I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.<br> <br> <br> <br> As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day -- the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity.<br> <br> <br> <br> I have been witness to this decline. <i>A Life on Our Planet</i> is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake -- and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.<br> <br> <br> <br> We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.<br> <br> <br> <br> All we need is the will to do so.

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Pages272
Published2022
ISBN9781538719992