Sir David Attenborough has urged people to remember their impact on the natural world, ahead of his new documentary on the impacts of lockdown on nature.
He spoke to the BBC's David Shukman about his hopes for the project, the upcoming global climate summit and his young fan base.
'The Year Earth Changed' airs Friday 16 April 2021 on Apple TV+.
"Human beings, even with the best will in the world, cannot but restrict the natural world. That's what we are doing. We're pushing it aside, even the most considerate of us. That is almost inevitable to some degree but let us realise we are intruders, that we are latecomers, and that the natural world actually by and large, would do much better if we weren't there at all.
"To what extent is it important or not, or in what form, that the great climate summit takes place at the end of this year?
"We have got to get together and the nations of the world have got to agree that it'll mean some things people will have to give up, others will have to be understanding, all those problems have got to be sorted out, we haven't done it before but we have to do it now.
"Well what it does to me is to remind me that the natural world, if its allowed to appear and, as it were, speak to people, is full of drama. The best thing I can do is keep out of the way. The best thing I can do is keep quiet. People think that the credit, in some way, belongs to me - it doesn't. It belongs to the natural world, the wonder and to the hyphen, the connections which come from the cameramen. They're the - that's why the programmes are worth watching because the natural world is just full of spectacle and wonder."
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