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Living With Urban Lions

Living With Urban Lions

National Geographic Emerging Explorer Paula Kahumbu works tirelessly to preserve threatened wildlife and habitats by bringing conservation stories out of the shadows and into the minds of people who want to help.

Grades

6 - 12+

Subjects

Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography

Program
NG Live

This video was filmed on Wednesday, June 22nd at the 2011 National Geographic Explorers Symposium at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Introduction
As executive director of WildlifeDirect, Kenyan Paula Kahumbu, Ph.D., uses the power of the internet to spotlight key conservation issues and raise awareness and donations for projects saving wildlife and wild places. Thanks to her efforts, about 120 conservation projects have an online platform to share challenges and victories via blogs, videos, photos and podcasts, saving species from ants to lions.


Outline

  • Introduction and several preconceptions of Africa (start-01:12 min.)
  • Commodifying nature and the "use it or lose it" idea (01:13-02:22 min.)
  • Kahumbu's introduction to conservation, and Kenya's ivory stockpile (02:23-04:00 min.)
  • Burning ivory and making an international statement (04:01-05:21 min.)
  • Poaching elephants for ivory and the cost of conservation (05:22-07:09 min.)
  • About WildlifeDirect and Kenya Land Conservation Trust (07:08-08:16 min.)
  • About Nairobi National Park: wildlife with the backdrop of a city (08:17-09:53 min.)
  • Development in Nairobi and the potential impacts of Nairobi National Park (09:54-11:40 min.)
  • Growth, poverty, and movement from the slums to the park (11:40-12:31 min.)
  • Maasai pastoralists and the loss of wildlife (12:32-13:34 min.)
  • Finding a balance of nature, conservation, and development (13:35-14:38 min.)



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Page Producers
Nina Page, National Geographic Society
Samantha Zuhlke, National Geographic Society
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Last Updated

October 19, 2023

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