I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.

There is a lot of corruption all over the world and not only when it comes to illegal wildlife trade! There are a few ways to ensure this stops: If there are no customers, there will be no trade.

Most Africans don't get to see these wild animals at all. Once they see and learn about them, they are much more likely to become involved in protecting the environment.

It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people and the sort of inspiration that you see from so many hundreds of people who tackle tasks that are impossible and never give up and succeed.

In a very unscientific statement, I feel that there's been a disconnect between this clever brain and the heart.

If you work hard and be persistent, you will achieve whatever you want to do.

You can't do everything. You can't do health and forestry and agriculture. You've got to focus and do one or the other.