1 Place the Display board in the middle of the table.

2 Shuffle all tiles face down and stack them in one or several piles. Whenever tiles are taken “from the pile” during the game, these tiles are meant.

3 Place 6 random tiles from the pile face up on the Display board, 1 tile next to each number. These 6 tiles form the display.

4 Leave some space for a discard pile next to the Display board.

5 Set aside the Conservation markers, Pouch markers, and End-of-game markers as the supply.

6 Place the Conservation board next to the Display board. Shuffle the 10 Conservation objectives face down. Reveal 5 of them at random and place them onto the Conservation board. The order doesn’t matter; however, for a better overview, we recommend that you place all objectives with continent icons next to each other, as well as all objectives with animal icons. Put the other 5 objectives back into the box; you won’t need them in this game.

Note: Both the designer and the publisher have made every effort to be realistic in the implementation of this game. Where we have not managed to do so, we ask for your indulgence.

A Place 1 Zoo map in front of you. Make sure that you all use the same side of the Zoo maps. Use side 1 for your first game!

B Take 1 set of the 4 different Action cards. Turn them all to side I. The side is depicted on the bottom right of the card.

Randomly determine a starting player. The starting player places the Projects Action card in the leftmost slot under their Zoo map, so that its arrow points to the value 1.

The next players in clockwise order each place their Projects Action card 1 slot further to the right, so that its arrow points to the value 2, 3, or 4, respectively. In a game with 5 players, both the 4th and 5th player place their card in the rightmost slot (the arrow points to value 4).

Place your other 3 Action cards randomly in the remaining 3 slots.

C Choose a color, take the 4 Upgrade markers and the 4 Conservation Achievement markers of your color, and place them face up in front of you.

D Place 1 tile holder in front of you. You will insert all tiles you receive into this holder, so that only you can see them. These tiles in your tile holder count as being “in your hand.” You start the game without any tiles.

Tip: To familiarize yourself with the game, we recommend returning your 4× Conservation Achievement marker to the box for the first game. The end of the game can then be triggered by placing the third of these markers.