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Why I Want to Bring Lions Back to My Village | Seif Hamisi | TED

As a child in rural Kenya, conservationist Seif Hamisi fell asleep to the sound of lions outside his village. Today, the lions are gone, mirroring a continent-wide trend: African wildlife populations have plummeted in recent decades, despite billions spent to protect nature. Drawing on examples of successful conservation efforts from the grasslands of South Africa…

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As a child in rural Kenya, conservationist Seif Hamisi fell asleep to the sound of lions outside his village. Today, the lions are gone, mirroring a continent-wide trend: African wildlife populations have plummeted in recent decades, despite billions spent to protect nature. Drawing on examples of successful conservation efforts from the grasslands of South Africa to the woodlands of Kenya, he shows how we’ve been attempting to solve the wrong problem — and makes the case that conservation works best when it makes economic sense. (Recorded at TED Countdown Summit 2025 on June 17, 2025)

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  1. @sirchadiusmaximusiii

    March 17, 2026 at 11:11 am

    🤣 Go for it

    • @GKelly9

      March 18, 2026 at 5:34 pm

      ?

  2. @chasmenear7130

    March 17, 2026 at 11:43 am

    We could send Musk back to you! He’d make FANTASTIC CAT CHOW.

  3. @ExistentialWolf

    March 17, 2026 at 12:16 pm

    The animals come to the people. Yes, wild animals still depend heavily on the presence of people – albeit in remote terms. The kingdom dictates that there must be balance with the sun. Aside from your curiosities with the mammal, the animal will have a role to fill. The easiest way to captivate the creature is to capture it traversing the territory, and instead of leading it away you hunt the eruption of wildlife. The wildlife will tell you the place that is offered for the cat. The cat will usually shy away in times of fruition over blight. 😝👅🐈‍⬛

  4. @SalmanKhanSafiKhansafi

    March 17, 2026 at 1:49 pm

    Visit me before you die 😢😮!

  5. @PlasticBank

    March 17, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    What if the goal is to reconnect with nature? 👀

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