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\u201cIn human nature there is good and evil, and often it is within man\u2019s capacity to destroy the very things we value most….We are at risk of destroying the very bedrock on which our existence is built.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~David Attenborough<\/strong>, English broadcast journalist & naturalist<\/p>\n

\u201cPatron\u2019s Message from Sir David Attenborough, CH FRS\u201d (2004) World Land Trust Annual Review and Accounts 2004<\/em>, Suffolk: World Land Trust, p. 2;\u00a0online via World Land Trust, www.worldlandtrust.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf633e8e-3ef0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>[Introduction to the World Land Trust (WLT) 2004 annual report. Attenborough is a long-term patron & advocate of the non-profit WLT.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn human nature there is good and evil, and often it is within man\u2019s capacity to destroy the very things we value most.<\/span> For millions of years we have been exploiting our planet and its natural resources but it is only with modern technology that we have tipped the scales to an alarming degree. We are at risk of destroying the very bedrock on which our existence was built.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Old source link <\/em><\/strong>[Summer 2018]:<\/span>\u00a0World Land Trust Annual Review and Accounts 2004<\/em> (2004) World Land Trust: http:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/documents\/2004annual-report.pdf – Source update<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 As of October 2018, World Land Trust has removed older annual reports from their website.\u00a0 Recent reports can be found on the following link, as well as a note that “Older report summaries available upon request.”:\u00a0https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/accounts\/<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc3e8e-3ef0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~David Attenborough<\/strong>, English broadcast journalist & naturalist<\/p>\n

Life on Earth<\/em> (1979) Text narrative corresponding to Attenborough\u2019s Life on Earth<\/em> BBC televised series, Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1st American edition, p. 308; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e623e8e-3ef0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[From the conclusion of Attenborough\u2019s book Life on Earth<\/em>. Chapter 13, \u2018The Compulsive Communicators\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility.<\/span> In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the earth.\u201d (p. 308)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c3e8e-3ef0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: Life on Earth<\/em> (1979 text | Little, Brown & Co.) online via Open Library [free subscription service]: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/lifeonearthnatur00atte#page\/n311\/mode\/2up\/search\/wholesale+control<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e3e8e-3ef0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWe can now manipulate images to such an extraordinary degree that there is no lie you can\u2019t tell.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~David Attenborough<\/strong>, English broadcast journalist & naturalist<\/p>\n

“<\/em>Ruffled feathers\u201d (18 October 1998) Interview by Harriet Lane, \u2018Life\u2019 [newspaper Sunday magazine], London: The Observer, p. 102; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf3e8e-3ef0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 [Attenborough, remarking on television special effects, in an interview for The Observer<\/em> newspaper.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t help wondering whether, when shown cheek-by-jowl with Hollywood\u2019s latest wizardry, the footage of \u2018real\u2019 birds loses some of its impact. But Attenborough thinks this is a load of rubbish. \u201cWe can now manipulate images to such an extraordinary degree that there is no lie you can\u2019t tell<\/span>,\u201d he says briskly. \u201cAnd I suppose that is one of the reasons why a presenter figure is worth having: because he is some kind of assurance to the viewer that what they\u2019re seeing is not a lie. It\u2019s one of the reasons why I would never, under any circumstances, do a commercial. \u201c (p. 102 of full newspaper edition)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e03e8e-3ef0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: \u201cRuffled feathers\u201d (18 October 1998) The Observer<\/em>; via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/258253025<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about David Attenborough<\/strong><\/span> | Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n