South African environmental affairs and tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has warned that Kruger national park safari trips could become a very different prospect if firm action is not taken soon on climate change.
The minister stated that up to two-thirds of the animal species in the park could become extinct if global temperatures continue to rise at current rates, BuaNews reports.
Mr Van Schalkwyk was speaking at the opening of an environmental conference at Kirstenbosch national botanical gardens and quoted from a report published by the International Panel on Climate Change.
He called for a worldwide response to the problem in order to keep average global temperature increases to below two degrees C compared to pre-industrial levels.
"This represents a make or break challenge to world leaders," the minister said. "To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, all countries need to carry their fair share of responsibility to limit a global temperature increase to below two degrees C.
"It will be a failure of this generation of leaders if any developed country shirks its responsibility for the problem."
People planning Kruger national park safari trips can help the reserve in its conservation efforts by making a monetary donation.
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