Click the photo above to go to the original article announcing the creation of the largest wildlife park in the world, which is now a reality:

Five nations that form the central heart of the continent, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola and Botswana recently signed the final documents to create an enormous conservation zone that encompasses 170,000 sq. miles (44,000 sq. kilometers) or 109 million acres. Altogether, the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) or KAZA Peace Park, will include 36 game reserves, numerous national parks, forest reserves, conservancies, game and wildlife management areas and communal lands.

This vast area is home to about 45 percent, or estimated 325,000 of Africa’s elephants, and is reported to have at least 600 bird species and more than 3,000 plant species as well as other game animals, including zebra, giraffe, buffalo and lion. The land is diverse with four main structural vegetation types: Dry forest (Cryptosepalum), various types of woodland (Baikiaea, miombo, mopane, Acacia), grassland and wetlands.