The local guardians protecting African lions | Resson Kantai Duff
The local guardians protecting African lions | Resson Kantai Duff

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.