Planet Earth III: David Attenborough’s Call for Environmental Responsibility

World-famous naturalist David Attenborough stresses that, in the face of the encroaching threat to the world of nature, humanity needs to learn to exercise restraint. As we await with bated breath the airing of Planet Earth III, the latest in Attenborough’s iconic nature series, he fills us in on an episode focusing on the predicament of chimpanzees as their forest homes start to be destroyed by human expansion.

Attenborough points out how the problem must lie in human dominance in all aspects of claiming land and their resources, and there is a need for change towards environmental respect. He appreciates the BBC for bringing to attention climate change and conservation issues as important, critical environmental material.

Highlights of the future from the series on offer include an astonishing “drone ballet,” breathtaking underwater footage using a specially developed “whale cam,” and the heartwarming sight of scientists teaching young bald ibis how to fly. The show also renders an interesting exposure of the mating ritual of tragopan pheasants, which is a proof of Attenborough’s way of making bird courtship an interesting subject for the viewers.

Attenborough insists that people have to adjust to this idea and understand that it is their duty to live in peace with nature if they want the planet to have a future. He views it as a necessary shift considering the increasing environment-related challenges. He also commends the BBC for its commitment to telling stories around the environment, terming it a special platform that the public can be informed and inspired by.

In a world where nature itself is threatened, Attenborough’s work remains, in this sense, more than important.