In the last chapter, he also presents some information on what we can do to improve the lifestyle of all the people around the world, giving some examples that are currently working for some people - we just need to apply what they are doing around the world so we can have a greener future. In the first part of the book he takes us on a journey to revisit some important moments of his life, starting in 1937 when as a young boy he developed a fascination with fossils.

There's a predictable progression in which growth is initially slow to occur as the bacteria assess the available resources, and then there's explosive growth from the high number of births. Attenborough describes the book as his " witness statement" and gives an impression of what could happen to the planet over the course of a lifetime beginning in 2020 and lasting as long as his own, were human activity to continue unchanged.

A relatively short book, but it is possibly the book we must all read especially world leaders and decision makers.

He proposes that bringing countries out of poverty, providing universal healthcare and improving girls' education would make the growing human population stabilise sooner and at a lower level. Sir David Attenborough points out that the end of life on our planet might be near, but that there are still possibilities to put a halt to it and continues to inform us how. When energy flows in a single direction through a system, we use up fuel on one end and create a lot of waste on the other—somehting that cannot go on forever.He shows us pretty well what will happen on this planet if we don't manage to make the changes before it is too late. In the third part of the book he shows what is already done in parts of the world and what has to be done globally to put things right. and all I was wondering was how could he have any hope left in himself after seeing everything he did!

But using the lifespan of a single man (albeit one quite advanced in years) did effectively showcase the enormous rate of change being undergone by the earth. And we can, of course, stop emitting carbon into the atmosphere by switching to renewable energy like solar or wind.We learn of conservation efforts for pangolins, whales and gorillas; we see the success such efforts have already wielded in the recent past (such as wolves being reintroduced to Yellowstone, the European bison being brought back from the brink, storks re-appearing in Great Britain etc). David Attenborough's A Life On Our Planet leaves viewers in tears as Netflix doc reveals devastation of natural world". I would like to thank both Netgalley and Random House Publishing for supplying a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Its first part, My Witness Statement, details key moments in Attenborough's career and the parallel decline of wildlife and rise in carbon emissions. An award-winning natural historian shares his knowledge he acquired during his last 93 years of life through this book. The first part of the book covers the time the author spent at the BBC, and the creation of some of his wonderful nature series. A well-presented book that’s very easy to read, and I particularly enjoyed the opening section in which Sir David Attenborough gives us a potted autobiography covering several of his most notable broadcasts. Katherine May thoughtfully shows us how to come through these times with the wisdom of knowing that, like the seasons, our winters and summers are the ebb and flow of life.He is exploring the various threats imposed by humans on our planet that is affecting its biodiversity.