One cannot talk about saving the earth when they partake in the single biggest contributor to natural destruction, climate change, habitat loss and species extinction. Bryan Appleyard of The Times found that Attenborough's "special pleading is fair and should be noted by other eco-warriors" and recommended the book both "to learn" and "to honour the man". 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).

We also learn of humanity's evolution, the different environmental circumstances which our ancestors had to survive and what has changed until now (this, the Holocene, is the gentlest era thus far). Jonnie Hughes served as director and producer, as he has on Attenborough's documentaries since 2000. Why is it that the pain is not bringing us together but instead, is pushing us so away from each other that in my mind, we are never going to be together again? of the mass of all the mammals on Earth is made up of our own bodies and those of the animals that we raise to eat. David Attenborough's A Life On Our Planet leaves viewers in tears as Netflix doc reveals devastation of natural world".

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.

Perhaps not surprisingly they revolve to a certain degree around regenerating nature, or re-wilding it, and I think he's got a point.Never Split the Difference takes you inside his world of high-stakes negotiations, revealing the nine key principles that helped Voss and his colleagues succeed when it mattered the most - when people's lives were at stake. Extinctions and huge changes have happened in the history of the planet before, but this one is not due to natural forces. On the whole, however, I found this book (and the accompanying documentary) both moving and inspiring. Hopefully his vision for the future becomes a reality, but that would mean that all humans must work together to save our planet, and unfortunately at the moment, we can't.

Attenborough emphasizes that there’s no room for continued growth - population, GDP, consumption — on a closed-system planet worth limited resources. The last part of the book gives an outlook on what lies ahead in the decades from 2030 to 2100 (if we do nothing or if we do certain things). It is so comforting to us that even in its lack and/or absence, we often find ourselves delving into it. To quote an extraordinary and morally consistent environmental activist "it's time to start panicking" because there is still hope that we can change this. The male is an enormously powerful creature but he only uses his strength when he is protecting his family and it is very rare that there is violence within the group.

In groups where people deny climate change is real, I kept coming across people saying they used to like Attenborough when they were kids, but now he had become all political with his support with the climate change nonsense so they couldn't stand him. It is my sincere wish that Attenborough follows the example of Chris Packham, another fantastic naturalist who went vegan earlier this year because he understood that he cannot love nature and talk about the longevity of life on this planet whilst he took part in the leading cause for its destruction.