The one thing I'd change is... by Adrian Ghaui, Head of Impact and Sustainability at Nawiri Group

Should local communities that bear the costs of conservation be better able to fairly participate in the benefits of it?

Adrian Ghaui, Head of Impact and Sustainability at Nawiri Group thinks they should, as that when that happens, conservation shifts from becoming exclusive to inclusive, and becomes a way for people and wildlife to thrive together.

Adrian says there are already great examples of this through community-led conservation models throughout East, now increasingly Southern Africa.

I asked Adrian to answer in less than 60 seconds, "What's the one thing you'd change in travel, given the climate and nature emergencies?" Here is his full reply:

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"The one thing I'd like to change given the climate and nature emergency, is for people who bear the costs of conservation to be able to fairly participate in the benefits of it.

"Because when that happens, conservation shifts from becoming exclusive and exclusionary and harder to scale to inclusive and inclusionary, and becomes a way for people and wildlife to thrive together.

"And we have great examples of this through community-led conservation models throughout East, now increasingly Southern Africa.

"And when conservation works for people and wildlife, it becomes much more scalable, and it becomes an agent of change that can create both thriving ecosystems and thriving communities."

🙏 Adrian

This post is part of a series of interviews with people across the travel and tourism industry, where I ask them to answer in less than 60 seconds, "What's the one thing you'd change in travel, given the climate and nature emergencies?"