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A consequence of deforestation is typically large-scale erosion, loss of soil nutrients and sometimes total desertification. Techniques for improved soil conservation include crop rotation, cover crops, conservation tillage and planted windbreaks, affect both erosion and fertility. When plants die, they decay and become part of the soil.
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is a 2020 British documentary film [1] narrated by David Attenborough and produced and directed by Jonnie Hughes. [2] The film acts as a "witness statement", [3] through which Attenborough shares first-hand his concern for the current state of the planet due to humanity's impact on nature and his hopes for the future. [4]
Episodes explored the effects of rising sea levels, historic droughts and flooding, water scarcity, ocean acidification, deforestation and the rapidly increasing extinction rate of species, but also focused on "solutions that individuals, communities, companies and even governments can use to address worldwide climate change", [6] [7] including ...
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future is a 2020 book by documentarian David Attenborough and director-producer Jonnie Hughes. It follows Attenborough's career as a presenter and natural historian, along with the decline in wildlife and rising carbon emissions during the period.
This article lists film and television works which feature or discuss the environment, environmentalism or environmental issues.. Some notable and commercially successful films have featured environmental themes [1] and are commemorated through several environmental film festivals held annually.
They might look like any other trees being grown in neat, orderly lines. But look a little closer and you'll notice these are a little different. At this farm in the English county of Derbyshire ...
Land use change, especially in the form of deforestation, is the second largest source of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities, after the burning of fossil fuels. [4] [5] Greenhouse gases are emitted from deforestation during the burning of forest biomass and decomposition of remaining plant material and soil carbon.
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