nelsonroyale
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Not much in there to rock the boat really or that is surprising given his field. I have greatly enjoyed his part in wild life documentaries since my youth, but describing him as the 'world's greatest naturalist' is a bit puzzling to me. He has done an absolutely stellar job in communicating nature to the public, but there are many others in the natural sciences who have obviously done more on the research and conservation side of things who have been every bit as trail blazing. He must have a fantastic breath of knowledge though given the wealth of programs he has produced.
As for the issues he addresses here, I think he says he understands why there are those that do not wish to belief in climate change, not that he is sympathetic with their denial, but sympathetic with their plight.
On over-population, on which he has made a number of statements and has cast his allegiance, I think it is a complex issue. I agree that we are a large and rather destructive species that is saturating our resource base, and a high population is constraining living conditions in many parts of the world. We need population control in the West as well as in the developing world. In the UK there is quite a lot of hypocracy when it comes to population and consumption. Climate change and the monopoly of resources is at the moment chielfy a minority world problem. There is a minority of people controlling a huge amount of resources and a minority of people polluting. I think the issue of consumption is every bit as important as overpopulation. See this lecture from a rather progressive climate scientist to see there is still a major gap between the climate change scenarios that policy-makers are 'targeting' and those which are more robust given current model outputs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_EIPuchOw
Also, re-dubbing his voice is ridiculous. That has been one of the main draws of the docs to be honest. Nowadays, I often find the content a bit basic, but the visuals are incredible...It makes me excited hehe.
As for the issues he addresses here, I think he says he understands why there are those that do not wish to belief in climate change, not that he is sympathetic with their denial, but sympathetic with their plight.
On over-population, on which he has made a number of statements and has cast his allegiance, I think it is a complex issue. I agree that we are a large and rather destructive species that is saturating our resource base, and a high population is constraining living conditions in many parts of the world. We need population control in the West as well as in the developing world. In the UK there is quite a lot of hypocracy when it comes to population and consumption. Climate change and the monopoly of resources is at the moment chielfy a minority world problem. There is a minority of people controlling a huge amount of resources and a minority of people polluting. I think the issue of consumption is every bit as important as overpopulation. See this lecture from a rather progressive climate scientist to see there is still a major gap between the climate change scenarios that policy-makers are 'targeting' and those which are more robust given current model outputs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_EIPuchOw
Also, re-dubbing his voice is ridiculous. That has been one of the main draws of the docs to be honest. Nowadays, I often find the content a bit basic, but the visuals are incredible...It makes me excited hehe.