A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the United for Wildlife reception, New York

This is the sharp end of the human impact of one of the world's most pressing conservation crises.

At this rate, children born this year – like my daughter Charlotte – will see the last wild elephants and rhinos die before their 25th birthdays.

The need to protect wildlife in Africa is greater than ever before.

Against a harrowing and sometimes soul-destroying backdrop, Tusk and its partners continue to build an amazing portfolio of projects, investing in grassroots conservation in...

As I believe you say in China, “one generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests”.

I am determined not to let the world´s children grow up on a planet where our most iconic and endangered species have been wiped out.

As I've said before, time is running out.

I cannot thank our seven collaborators enough for their hard work in getting us to this point.

Let's be part of the movement that can tell our children and grandchildren that we saved these extraordinary species for them.

Like any new parents, our thoughts inevitably turn to the world that our child will inherit.

This island has been our first home together, and it will always be an immensely special place for us both.

I sincerely hope that my generation is not the first on this planet to consider elephants, rhinos or tigers as historical creatures - in the same category as the Dodo.

Our children should have the same opportunity that we have to experience wildlife in its many beautiful and varied forms.

It will help many, many people around the world appreciate our planet's extraordinary planet’s natural heritage – and how steadfastly it must be safe-guarded.‬‪

This legacy is not ours to squander.