Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as a hundredth year.
He believes that his new movie in the Ocean film length could play a decisive role in the salvation of biodiversity and protect the planet from climate change.
Sir David, who will be 99 years old on Thursday, says: “After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand that the most importer on Earth is not in the country, but in the sea.”
The ocean is the planet’s support system and the greatest ally of humanity against the climatic catastrophe, argues the film. It shows how the oceans of the world are at a crossroads.
The blue carpet was implemented for the presentation of Matinee at the Royal Festival Hall in London this afternoon.
Hundreds of school children from all over the country joined a very special guest, Prince William. He attended the event in a “personal capacity.”
A large number of celebrities are expected to attend the official premiere tonight” Including Chris Martin and Coldplay, Benedict Cumberbatch, astronaut Tim Peake, Geri Halliwell-Horner and Simon Lebon.
Toby Nowlan, who produced Ocean, says that this new production is not a typical Attenborough film. “It’s not about seeing the new behaviors of natural history. It’s the best message he has said,” he says.
The film documents how the state of the oceans of the world and our understanding of how they work have changed in the course of Sir David’s life.
BBC StudiosSir David remembers his first diving diving in the Great Barrier of Coral in 1957: “I was so pounced by the show in front of me that I forgot, momentarily, breathe.”
Since then, it has a catastrophic decrease in life in the oceans of the world. “We are almost without time,” he warns.
The ocean contains some of the most graphic images of the damage than the background tracking, a common fishing practice worldwide, can do to the bottom of the sea. It is a vivid example of how industrial fishing can drain the life of the world’s oceans, says Sir David.
The new footage shows how the chain that the drags drag behind them the seabed, forcing the creatures that disturbs the network. They are often an individual species: more than three quarters of what they capture can be ruled out.
“It’s hard to imagine a more washed way of fishing,” says Sir David.
The process also releases fixed amounts of carbon dioxide that contributes to the heating of our planet, however, the drag below is not only legal, but many governments actively encourage.
Sir David says that the state of the ocean has almost made it lose hope for the future of life on the planet. What has prevented him from despair is what he calls the “most notable discovery of all”, which the ocean can “recover faster than we had ever imagined.”
Sir David says that the history of world whales has been a source of great optimism for him.
It is estimated that the whaling industry killed 2.9 million whales in the twentieth century alone. Scientists have said that it is the greatest sacrifice of any animal in history when measured in terms of total biomass. He pushed almost all whale species to the edge of extinction.
Only one percent of the blue whales were left, he remembers Sir David: “I remember thinking that it was. He had not returned, we had the big whales.”
But in 1986, legislators led to public pressure and prohibited the commercial whale worldwide. The whale population has recovered quickly since then.
One of the film directors, Keith Scholey, has worked with Sir David for 44 years. “When I first put myself with David, I was in shorts,” he jokes. That was in 1981, two years after Sir David resigned as BBC Programs director, one of the most senior works in the Corporation. “He had made a race and was in his next.”
Despite the fact that now a mouth in his 99th birthday, Sir David is still remarkably energetic, says Scholey. “Every time you work with David, you learn something new,” he says. “It’s a lot of fun. But also, David keeps you in your temper, because he is in his temper and so, you know, it is always a very creative process.”
Silverback and Open Planet StudiosSir David’s key message in the ocean movie is that not everything is lost. Countries have promised to protect a third of the world’s oceans. He hopes that his new film stimulate leaders to take firm measures about this promise at a UN conference next month.
He believes he could be a transformative.
“The ocean can recover to life,” says Sir David. “If you leave alone, you can not only recover, but you prosper beyond anything you have seen.”
A healthier oceanic ecosystem could also catch more carbon dioxide, helping to protect the world from climate change, according to scientists.
“In front of us is an opportunity to protect our climate, our food, our home,” says Sir David.
As celebrated, it’s 99 birthday this week, he is still fighting to protect the natural world that has worked his life to show us in all his glory.
Ocean will be in cinemas throughout the country from Thursday.
