When economic modernizations come in, say goodbye to wildlife.

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

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

When economic modernizations come in, say goodbye to wildlife.

There's a place in Botswana where there are 100,000 elephants living in a single population. Think of the amount of space they need. Remember, the United States would fit in Africa three times over and there would still be space. That's how big Africa is.

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.

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