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Humans are plague on Earth, says David Attenborough
Tuesday January 22, 2013 08:11:56 PM,
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London: Popular
television presenter David Attenborough has said humans are
threatening their own existence and that of other species by using
up the world's resources.
The only way to save the planet from famine and species extinction
is to limit human population growth, Daily Telegraph quoted
Attenborough as saying.
"We are a plague on the Earth. It's coming home to roost over the
next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer
space, place to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit
our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and
the natural world is doing it for us right now," Attenborough told
the Radio Times.
The 86-year-old Attenborough is also a patron of the Optimum
Population Trust, a think-tank on population growth on long-term
sustainability, quality of life and the natural environment,
specifically natural resources, climate change, and biodiversity.
He spoke out earlier about the "frightening explosion in human
numbers" and the need for investment in sex education and other
voluntary means of limiting population in developing countries.
"We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's
what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support
themselves - and it's not an inhuman thing to say. It's the case.
Until humanity manages to sort itself out and get a coordinated
view about the planet, it's going to get worse and worse."
Attenborough, whose landmark series are repeated from Monday on
BBC2, starting with Life on Earth, has also spoken out about the
change in wildlife documentaries during his lifetime.
He said commentary from presenters like himself were becoming less
necessary as the camera work itself was able to narrate the
stories.
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