Why Africa Needs Community-Led Conservation | Resson Kantai Duff | TED

Conservation efforts in Africa have typically been led by "parachute conservationists" -- outsiders who drop in thinking they have all the answers, hire locals to implement them and then disappear. But conservationist Resson Kantai Duff has a better way to save wildlife in Africa: let locals lead these efforts themselves. She calls for a major shift in how conservation in Africa works, showing why the people closest to the land are the ones best fit to care for it.
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[@salimayoucefi3991]

Great speech. I hope all African women will contribute to preserving not only wildlife but also their own's.

[@marvindube3572]

Lol 💯💯

[@mohammedhardi7891]

I love how bold and eloquent her speech is.

[@keiarai1977]

Conservation's very important. To protect nature＆wildlife is related with keeping our community＆traditional culture.

[@StarBoundFables]

Wonderful presentation, Resson Kantai Duff, thank you for sharing your message 🙏🏽 Generia & Monteli are both awesome 😃🦁❤

[@NathalieLazo]

This message is for someone who needs to hear this and will fully understand it... You are not define by your circumstance or your past. It’s not what happened to you that determines your success in life; it is how you deal with those circumstances that determines your success in life. You are strong, you are capable and practice forgiveness (Forgiveness is for you; forgive your parents or anyone whom we have chosen to hurt us, to begin the process of healing and freedom. Remember: Forgiveness is for you to be freed, healed and happy. It’s a RESET BUTTON) and practice gratitude everyday. This will change the course of your life forever. Love you always and I believe in you wholeheartedly no matter what ✨❤️ - Nat

[@milesloden8020]

I Hope strongly that all the people of Africa can make their lives better though community led conservation.

[@jallohalpha9056]

You have just expanded my scope about wildlife conservation, it’s important for all Africans to watch this magnificent video for a better change in our wildlife management!😊🙌🏾

[@martinso.a.777]

Love my Africa!

[@leigh4326]

I just want to give credit to the Botswana government, especially in the Okavango Delta areas. The community led conservation efforts in their country are world class. South Africa has regressed. Many lodges and game reserves have fired local game rangers, trackers and employees who have grown up on the land. They hire white people and some coming as far as Canada or Europe. This is a much needed TedTalk and as woman whose passion is in community and wildlife causes I commend you for speaking up. This is our motherland, we have lived with these creatures, hence we have totems and hence why they’re still around today. Conservation is an African way of living, in Europe they killed off everything and when they came to Africa they almost killed our animals and even crazier the people of the land. Let’s stick together and decolonize. Let’s save this land, it’s animals and all that belongs to it for our future African kids. Sending you all love. ❤️🙏🏽

[@leigh4326]

Sending love to the Maasai people in Tanzania. Please land is for the people NOT for profits. 🙏🏽❤️

[@freedomrings.0007]

Part time volunteer governance. Ensures both transparency, a higher level of honesty and a tethered connection to the average citizen that forces a level of equality between the working class and governments/elites. Ending amnesty and closing the door for "double standards." As well as enabling the shifting of currency from the pockets of the controlling parties, back into the communities, where it can be distributed more equally into programs that generate a stronger economy, safer communities, better educations and conservation, as well as regeneration of clean and sanitary environments both within the cities, rural communities and forestry regions. Controlled by the people, for the people

[@clarissawilson3382]

Amen.

[@MarcusAJohn-sp2ee]

Excellent delivery, great video. Exactly what Africa needs, African solutions to Africa's problems. Time to reshape the narrative and tell our own stories!

[@YoSmoked]

Whoever’s reading this, I pray that whatever your going through gets better and whatever your struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen Keep up the good work, you never let your fans down with great entertainment 😎

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

Brilliant. Well done. That waa very well delivered and forced me to reconsider this matter. Thank you🙏 Girl power!

[@JesseWetherell]

The world needs community led everything.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@@OpinionParade That IS governance!

[@aasiyakhatoon7610]

Plz with subtitles video available bcoz so many students will be helpful

[@MyestriousGamerWastaken]

👌💚💛❤👌! Out with the parachute....!

[@NomzamoNthabiseng]

I loved this so much❤️ keep up the good work👌

[@mwalimudeluca758]

Loved meeting you in person at the Diverse Voices in Conservation event in Limuru. You are a brilliant speaker. What do you make of the evictions in Loliondo this June 2022?

[@kumcarlos5600]

This is great ..I am motivated

[@josiya4187]

truly revolutionary!!!!!

[@user-lj7qi1gd9m]

Great video to watch

[@ouafoungojosephyeo6735]

Thanks for this awoness speech. This is a grenat lesson👏👏👏👏

[@agnesapolot3726]

Wonderful and educational speech

[@GetYourLifeBetter]

Hi everyone, how're you doing? Are you feeling happy or sad today? Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

[@GetYourLifeBetter]

@@twuandixon8675 why did you ask?

[@cappblanks9717]

This lecture was far to short and seemed too mainstream in its adoption of trouble shooting. Not hating the world we live in and would of liked to see a lot more in relation to culture and by-products of ancestors to modern day. Not sure if what I said makes 100% sense and would of liked to see more.

[@onthebuses]

Scotland Watching 🥃📡🥃

[@clarissawilson3382]

That's suppressing emotional response for the sake of the audience.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

abolish debt globally! We must stop holding each other back!

[@bingbung]

This whole intro sounds incredibly xenophobic. Do you want deforestation a la Brazil? Maybe the outsiders have some ideas you can learn from.

[@terrific804]

You I think TOTALLY miss the point. Or you are the xenophobe.

[@lindaplasse224]

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[@terrific804]

Humans are as much a part of Nature as anyting else. If I have to choose between being eaten by a lion or eating a lion, I choose eating the lion. Unless of course you think you can train the Lions and allow their population to grow to millions and people won't get eaten.

[@adoxartist1258]

Hi! White person, here. This lady is not racist or xenophobic. She is very gently pointing out the racism of so many of us whites who think we are the world's saviors. We trampled the earth, making messes, blaming the "ignorant natives" and still somehow we think we're the experts on cleaning it up? Yes, we should do the work, or at least fund it, but we need to get our own ignorant, arrogant selves out of the way.

[@terrific804]

@@adoxartist1258 there are far far far more Asian and brown and black people in the world that have conquered country after country tribe after tribe Over the ages than white people. Race is a false issue. Ideology is what is at work and the tyrants that use it and sell it to us to profit and maintain control and power. You are playing their game.