Monbiot: Our Dying Coastlines
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As an avid sea kayaker, Monbiot has a special kinship with and awareness of the dwindling species in the waters around him. This exclusive short film captures that experience.
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“The seas around Britain used to be some of the most abundant on earth, an incredible profusion of life. And in just a few generations we’ve lost this extraordinary abundance, diversity, wonder. And it’s interesting how people talk so much about plastic, about pollution – and these are real issues of course they’re real issues – but by far the biggest impact on the seas is fishing because it transforms that entire astonishing, rich ecosystem into seafood.”
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