Summary of David Attenborough's A Life on Our Planet

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of David Attenborough's A Life on Our Planett in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: 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.

I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet 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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669341710

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Insights on David Attenborough's A Life on Our Planet

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

One of the most famous ghost towns in the world is Pripyat, Ukraine. It was a nuclear power plant built in the 1970s, but on 26 April 1986, reactor number 4 exploded, contaminating the land and the air.

#2

The true tragedy of our time is the global decline of biodiversity, which is being caused by the unsustainable lifestyles of the developed world.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

He has had an extraordinary life, exploring the wild places of the planet and filming creatures that live there.

#2

The author, a boy from Leicester in the 1960s, loved fossils, and dreamed of going to university to study them.

#3

Five times in the history of life on Earth, nature has undergone a