# Why Africa needs community-led conservation

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDWomen 2021
- Speaker: Resson Kantai Duff
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/resson_kantai_duff_why_africa_needs_community_led_conservation)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Why Africa needs community-led conservation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/resson_kantai_duff_why_africa_needs_community_led_conservation/10ba4e849277), 14 min (TED's player)