When economic modernizations come in, say goodbye to wildlife.

In most of the world, we have only small remnants of the wildlife that once existed. Africa has the most astonishing wildlife still.

Helping Africans navigate the transition to modernity with a huge, wonderful wildlife resource still intact.

In most of the world, we have only small remnants of the wildlife that once existed. Africa has the most astonishing wildlife still. Now Africa is modernizing. In the next twenty years, Africa is modernizing economically, and one of two things is going to happen. Either Africa will be just like the rest of the world and it's say goodbye to wildlife. Or, we can learn from the mistakes made in the rest of the world.

In the West, we got the message that it's not cool to wear ivory. It's not cool to utilize products from these wonderful species. They are not commodities. We need the whole world to join hands in getting this message now, particularly countries in Asia and certain communities that have not been educated about this. They have not had the campaigns that we had.

There's no space for wildlife; the humans are crowding them out.

A lot of African wildlife is very big. If you're protecting the big stuff, you're usually protecting the small stuff, too.