A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
Published by Witness Books,, 2020
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Hardback. First edition. Written with Jonnie Hughes. 266pp. Two selections of colour plates and further black and white photos within the text. Yellow ribbon bookmark. Few faint marks to top edge of closed page edges else very clean and neat. Very good copy in like dust jacket Very good copy in like dust jacket.
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- Title
- A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
- Author
- Attenborough, David
- Publisher
- Witness Books,
- Publication year
- 2020
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 1529108276
- ISBN 13
- 9781529108279
- Edition
- 1st Edition
'Read this book to learn, but also to honour the man. We shall never see his like again.' - Sunday Times
See the world. Then make it better.
'I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.
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.
We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.'
All we need is the will to do so.'
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About the Author
Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly seven decades.
His first job - after Cambridge University and two years in the Royal Navy - was at a London publishing house. Then in 1952 he joined the BBC as a trainee producer, and it was while working on the Zoo Quest series (1954-64) that he had his first opportunity to undertake expeditions to remote parts of the globe, to capture intimate footage of rare wildlife in its natural habitat.
He was Controller of BBC 2 (1965-68), during which time he introduced colour television to Britain, then Director of Programmes for BBC Television (1969-1972). In 1973 he abandoned administration altogether to return to documentary-making and writing, and has established himself as the world's leading Natural History programme maker with several
landmark BBC series, includingLife on Earth (1979), The Living Planet (1984), The Trials
of Life (1990), The Private Life of Plants (1995), Life of Birds (1998),The Blue Planet (2001),Life of Mammals (2002),Planet Earth (2006) and Life in Cold Blood (2008).
Sir David was knighted in 1985 and received the Order of Merit in 2005. He is a fellow of the Royal Society, and stands at the forefront of issues concerning the planet's declining species and conservation.
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