Activists say every minute counts because at the current rate of poaching, the elephant, the living mammal to walk the earth in the wild could be extinct within a generation.
In addition to cutting our carbon emissions, we must find ways of using land and water that cause the least damage to the environment, leaving enough space for natural habitats to thrive.
Because they're still threatened by poachers, illegal hunters, dozens of these large animals have been flown to another African park, where it's hoped they'll reproduce and thrive for decades to come.
Whilst our generation represents just a blip in the lifetime of these magnificent oaks, we have the power and potential to ensure that they and all life on earth thrive for another thousand years and more.
A gentle, flightless seabird, it once thrived on the windswept islands of the North Atlantic, but it was hunted for its meat, collectable eggs, feathers and oil, and its population declined rapidly in the 19th century.