On our talk today, we wish to engage a borrowed mathematical and meteorological concept and idea developed by Edward Lorenz  in that “something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world.”

In literal sense this does not make sense at all. But figuratively, basing this primarily on the subject of conservation, it certainly does apply in that in each of our individual small acts towards conserving and preserving our environment, we will collectively and globally win the war against climate change and mass scale environmental degradation. In our own senses, we all know how important it is to preserve the natural world that was handed down to us by our fathers and great grandfathers. But it is the greed by a handful of individuals who own and control large corporations and governments with a primary focus on making that extra dollar at the expense of a global climatic pandemic.

In regards to this, we will leave you with a declaration by the founding father and first president of Tanganyika (Mainland Tanzania) – Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, 1961

The survival of our wildlife is a matter of grave concern to all of us in Africa. These wild creatures amid the wild places they inhabit are not only important as a source of Wonder and inspiration, but are an integral part of our natural resources and our future livelihood and wellbeing. In accepting the trusteeship of our wildlife we solemnly declare that we will do everything in our power to make sure that our children’s grandchildren will be able to enjoy this rich and precious inheritance. The conservation of wildlife and wild places calls for specialist knowledge, trained manpower and money and we look to each other nations to cooperate with us in this important task – the success or failure of which not only affects the continent of Africa but the rest of the world as well.”