is enormous

After all, it's a huge continent

The United Kingdom, China,

the United States of America, India, Japan

and most of the rest of Europe

would all fit

within its borders

Africa still retains forty-five percent of the earth's uncultivated land

It's still the greatest wilderness on Earth. And that is why it's important.

Human beings have lived alongside wildlife here longer than anywhere else

but now, in the twenty-first century, animal numbers are at a critical

level

Like it or not, this generation is responsible

for handing on the world's wildlife to the next

That means taking care of the animals and lands where they live

so there is still space for us all to coexist.

Nobody knows

what the future has in store

for this little calf

or indeed

how the changes that inevitably are going to take place in Africa

will affect the rest of the world

and this little animal

But one thing is certain

what happens here

is more important

than it has ever been

and the relationship

of the rest of the world

to this great continent

and the creatures that live in it

is more important than ever before

On whichever part of the planet we live

we all have a part to play

in what sort of future this wild continent has.