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Paula Kahumbu
8 quotes
“My job is to just bring sanity to the protection of our natural heritage.”
Paula Kahumbu (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My purpose is not just to be a scientist, my purpose is really to do conservation through education, through innovation, through storytelling. As a conservation scientist, you’re only producing scientific articles that are only read by other scientists. But when you are on National Geographic or Disney, that inspires people and educates them to care about nature.”
Paula Kahumbu (born 1966) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meet a champion of Kenyan wildlife protection, The Financial Times (March 10, 2023)
“What we know about elephants today is incredible,They are like people.”
Paula Kahumbu (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we’re going to do conservation in Africa, we have to be audacious. We’ve got to be courageous, and we’ve got to think big.”
Paula Kahumbu (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are losing our national heritage not to poverty, but to ignorance and greed. Our elephants, our rhinos, they don't belong to the government or to NGOs—they belong to the people of Kenya. We must become their guardians.”
Paula Kahumbu (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For too long, conservation has been seen as a mzungu (white person's) thing. It's not. This is our land, our wildlife, and our story to tell. We must be at the forefront of protecting it.”
Paula Kahumbu (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are in a crisis. We are losing species not in the future, but right now. We are the last generation that can save these animals. There is no plan B because there is no planet B.”
Paula Kahumbu (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have to tell stories that make people fall in love with wildlife. You don't protect what you don't love, and you can't love what you don't know. That's why we make 'Wildlife Warriors'—to show the beauty and the drama of our natural world.”
Paula Kahumbu (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source