on planet earth. but the challenge, and there is a problem, and i think the pandemic has brought this home really starkly to us, which is that that life is under threat. you know, we can look back through the fossil record. we know that life has been on earth for about 3.5 billion years, 3,500 million years. but over that time, there ve been five mass extinction events. that s moments when almost all the life on earth has disappeared, and all the data is telling us we re heading for a sixth. but this one is different because all the data is telling us that this sixth potential mass extinction event, the first mass extinction event since we lost the dinosaurs over 60 million years ago this one is caused by the actions of a single species, and that s us, humanity. some of it s climate change. some of it is actually land use nearly a third of the world s land serves other things. and some of it s pollution. so, that s the challenge. and that is what the museum is out to try and fix. t
mass extinction events. that s moments when almost all the life on earth has disappeared, and all the data is telling us we re heading for a sixth. but this one is different because all the data is telling us that this sixth potential mass extinction event, the first mass extinction event since we lost the dinosaurs over 60 million years ago this one is caused by the actions of a single species, and that s us, humanity. some of it s climate change. some of it is actually land use nearly a third of the world s land serves other things. and some of it s pollution. so, that s the challenge. and that is what the museum is out to try and fix. this is a big part- of our colonial legacy. think about it - wildlife and conservation stemmed from the i hunting background, and during colonial days, the only people who were allowed to hunt legally. were the colonial overlords. when things changed - and hunting was banned, those same people - became the conservationists and them and their futu
has disappeared, and all the data is telling us we re heading for a sixth. but this one is different because all the data is telling us that this sixth potential mass extinction event, the first mass extinction event since we lost the dinosaurs over 60 million years ago this one is caused by the actions of a single species, and that s us, humanity. some of it s climate change. some of it is actually land use nearly a third of the world s land serves other things. and some of it s pollution. so, that s the challenge. and that is what the museum is out to try and fix. this is a big part- of our colonial legacy. think about it - wildlife and conservation stemmed from the i hunting background, and during colonial days, the only people who were allowed to hunt legally. were the colonial overlords. when things changed - and hunting was banned, those same people - became the conservationists and them and their future generations| are all some of the most fierce conservationists. on the
heading for a sixth. but this one is different because all the data is telling us that this sixth potential mass extinction event, the first mass extinction event since we lost the dinosaurs over 60 million years ago this one is caused by the actions of a single species, and that s us, humanity. some of it s climate change. some of it is actually land use nearly a third of the world s land serves other things. and some of it s pollution. so, that s the challenge. and that is what the museum is out to try and fix. this is a big part- of our colonial legacy. think about it wildlife - and conservation stemmed from the hunting background, and during colonial days, - the only people who were allowed to hunt legally. were the colonial overlords. when things changed and hunting was banned, those same people. became the conservationists and them and their future i generations are all some of the most fierce - conservationists. on the continent. but africans, back in colonial - days, were
3,500 million years. but over that time, there ve been five mass extinction events. that s moments when almost all the life on earth has disappeared, and all the data is telling us we re heading for a sixth. but this one is different because all the data is telling us that this sixth potential mass extinction event, the first mass extinction event since we lost the dinosaurs over 60 million years ago this one is caused by the actions of a single species, and that s us, humanity. some of it s climate change. some of it is actually land use nearly a third of the world s land serves other things. and some of it s pollution. so, that s the challenge. and that is what the museum is out to try and fix. this is a big part- of our colonial legacy. think about it wildlife - and conservation stemmed from the hunting background, - and during colonial days, the only people who were allowed to hunt . legally were the colonial overlords. when things changed and hunting - was banned, those same