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By something you said to the new yorker magazine not to long ago. you said, "conservation is not seen as something black kenyans do. in this country it is a white thing." do you think you have changed that? yes, notjust me — there are plenty of amazing young african scientists and conservationists who are singing the same hymn. i think that this is a big part of our colonial legacy. think about it — wildlife and conservation stem from the hunting background and during colonial days, the only people who were allowed to hunt legally were the colonial overlords. when things changed and huntin...

In the city of nairobi say they want to volunteer for nature — but i would say the problem and the challenge we have is not at the level of the mass public, that the challenge is winning the hearts and minds of the political leadership, notjust in kenya but across the whole continent. i was very struck — and it relates to something you just said — very struck by something you said to the new yorker magazine not to long ago. you said, "conservation is not seen as something black kenyans do. in this country it is a white thing." do you think you have changed that? yes, notjust me — there...