A lot of biodiversity rich places are also rich in cultural diversity. These places are often the homes of indigenous peoples. - The creation of reserves and parks for nature conservation means that those people are evicted from their own lands.

Jospeh Itongwa, DRC

"There are no Africans on this table. And then, capitalism has never saved the environment. It never will. That's not how capitalism works." - Zoologist Mordecai Ogada, Kenya

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"We see all these white ecologist heroes in meetings and documentaries. According to White people, Black people have never done anything. But how comes we still have wild animals?" Mordecai Ogada, Kenya

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"Then ecotourism. Tourists think Africa should be empty. How can people visit Kenya and say that they saw too many Africans? Have you heard of someone going to China and complaining they saw too many Chinese? Or visited Europe and say they saw too many Europeans?" Mordecai Ogada

"Local people care how to live with and from the land. The conservation NGOs see them as an obstacle to their mission and want to remove them from their lands." Rodion Sulyandziga, Russia