How can conservation work better for Africa?

Published: April 25, 2023, 1 a.m.

\u201cOther people want to teach us about conservation. They do not understand we are conservationists par excellence. Wildlife is not all we have. Nature is all that we are.\u201d\n \nToday on Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja considers the question of whether the conservation industry is fit for purpose when it comes to Africa. For years, critics have complained that it has been dominated by foreigners \u2013 and they say problems remain, including the blackwashing of organisations and a lack of respect for local knowledge.\n \nSo should conservation be remodelled to better benefit the continent?

Presenter: @kasujja\nGuests:\nDr Mordecai Ogada, author of \u2018The Big Conservation Lie\u2019,\nDr Maurus Msuha, Director of Wildlife for Tanzania's Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism.\nAdams Cassinga of Conserv Congo