ISSUE 81, JANUARY-MARCH 2018
Taking responsibility
“It is one world. And it’s in our care. For the first time in the history of humanity, for the first time in 500 million years, one species has the future in the palm of its hands. I just hope he realises that that is the case.” These are the cautionary words of my icon, Sir David Attenborough, whose spectacular and thought-provoking documentary, Blue Planet II, had many of us transfixed on Sunday evenings towards the end of 2017.
The series intrigued me because most conservation discussions seem to focus on the big terranean mammals, such as lion, leopard, rhino and elephant; yet the oceans are crucial to our very existence and survival. It made me ponder the mysterious underwater universe, the impact we humans are having on it and the importance of protecting it.