Wild Britain

BBC Inside Science

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Technology, Science

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In 2020, the UK government committed to protecting at least 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030. Step seven years into the future with Gaia. The UK has achieved its biodiversity goal, but what does wild Britain look like? Richard Benwell, CEO of wildlife and Countryside Link, Meredith Whitten, a researcher and urban environment planner at LSE, Hugo Tagholm, CEO of Oceana and George Monbiot, an environmental writer whose book Regenesis explores sustainable agriculture, describe this radical new world. Presenter: Gaia Vince Producer: Harrison Lewis

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0:00.0	He's a rule breaker, a trend setter. He reshaped art and redefined graffiti.
0:07.4	How does he smell?
0:08.4	Like paint.
0:09.3	Has he got any distinction features?
0:10.8	His anonymity.
0:11.9	But who is he?
0:13.2	What's his name?
0:14.1	Banksy.
0:15.0	Apparently I've met him twice.
0:16.5	The Banksy story.
0:18.0	Banksy's work is always about the human spirit versus establishment.
0:24.2	Listen on BBC Science.
0:27.4	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:32.5	This is the podcast version of Inside Science, which was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the 4th of May 2023.
0:40.9	Hello.
0:42.1	The world is on the brink of a sixth mass extinction because of human activities.
0:47.9	We are destroying wild places, important habitats faster than ever,
0:53.5	and losing a multitude of species and the rich diversity of the natural world that sustains us all.
1:00.9	At the end of December last year, in a bid to halt this feckless destruction,
1:05.8	the world's leaders committed to 30 by 30.
1:10.3	That's a pledge to protect at least 30% of the planet's land and ocean for nature by 2030.
1:17.8	Possible?
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