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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.32,0:00:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a lion conservationist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.31,0:00:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounds cool, doesn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.19,0:00:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people may have no idea\Nwhat that means.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.40,0:00:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm sure you've all heard\Nabout Cecil the lion.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.44,0:00:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Cecil the Lion (2002-2015)]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.01,0:00:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lion roaring)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.74,0:00:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He roars no more.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.04,0:00:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the second of July, 2015,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.70,0:00:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his life was cut short\Nwhen he was killed by a trophy hunter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.07,0:00:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say that you can become attached\Nto the animals you study.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.92,0:00:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the case for me\Nwith Cecil the lion,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.66,0:00:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having known him and studied him\Nfor three years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.99,0:00:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Hwange National Park.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.41,0:00:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was heartbroken at his death.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.06,0:00:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the good thing\Nto come out of this tragedy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.61,0:00:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the attention that the story brought
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.90,0:00:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the plight\Nof threatened wild animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.10,0:00:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Cecil's death,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.22,0:00:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to ask myself these questions:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.05,0:01:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if the community\Nthat lived next to Cecil the lion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.06,0:01:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was involved in protecting him?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.57,0:01:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I had met Cecil\Nwhen I was 10 years old, instead of 29?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.46,0:01:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I or my classmates\Nhave changed his fate?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.21,0:01:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people are working\Nto stop lions from disappearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.95,0:01:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but very few of these people\Nare native to these countries
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.64,0:01:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or from the communities most affected.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.60,0:01:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the communities\Nthat live with the lions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.07,0:01:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the ones best positioned\Nto help lions the most.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.27,0:01:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Local people should be at the forefront
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.62,0:01:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the solutions to the challenges\Nfacing their wildlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.21,0:01:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, change can only come
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.33,0:01:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the people most affected\Nand impacted take charge.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.54,0:01:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Local communities play an important role
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.76,0:01:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fighting poaching\Nand illegal wildlife trade,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.96,0:01:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are major threats\Naffecting lions and other wildlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.40,0:01:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being a black African woman\Nin the sciences,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.24,0:01:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people I meet\Nare always curious to know
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.83,0:02:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I've always wanted\Nto be a conservationist,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.49,0:02:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they don't meet\Na lot of conservationists
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.82,0:02:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who look like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.23,0:02:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was growing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.40,0:02:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even know that wildlife\Nconservation was a career.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.80,0:02:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time I saw a wild animal\Nin my home country
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.04,0:02:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was when I was 25 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.69,0:02:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though lions and African wild dogs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.16,0:02:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lived just a few miles away from my home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.82,0:02:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is quite common in Zimbabwe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.16,0:02:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as many people\Nare not exposed to wildlife,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.86,0:02:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it's part of our heritage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.53,0:02:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was growing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.10,0:02:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even know\Nthat lions lived in my backyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.09,0:02:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I stepped into\NSavé Valley Conservancy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.84,0:02:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a cold winter morning 10 years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.93,0:02:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study African wild dogs\Nfor my master's research project,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.14,0:02:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was mesmerized by the beauty\Nand the tranquility that surrounded me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.70,0:02:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like I had found my passion\Nand my purpose in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.40,0:02:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made a commitment that day
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.36,0:02:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was going to dedicate my life\Nto protecting animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.74,0:03:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of my childhood\Nschool days in Zimbabwe
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.64,0:03:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other kids I was in school with.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.11,0:03:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps if we had a chance\Nto interact with wildlife,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.34,0:03:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of my classmates\Nwould be working alongside me now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.46,0:03:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unless the local communities\Nwant to protect and coexist with wildlife,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.36,0:03:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all conservation efforts might be in vain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.62,0:03:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the communities\Nthat live with the wild animals
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.62,0:03:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the same ecosystem
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.28,0:03:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bear the cost of doing so.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.11,0:03:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they don't have a direct connection
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.41,0:03:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or benefit from the animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.60,0:03:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have no reason\Nto want to protect them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.65,0:03:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if local communities\Ndon't protect their wildlife,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.78,0:03:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no amount of outside\Nintervention will work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.73,0:03:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what needs to be done?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.69,0:03:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conservationists must prioritize\Nenvironmental education
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.17,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help expand the community's skills\Nto conserve their wildlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.43,0:03:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Schoolchildren and communities\Nmust be taken to national parks,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.10,0:03:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they get a chance\Nto connect with the wildlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.78,0:04:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At every effort and every level,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.48,0:04:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conservation must include\Nthe economies of the people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.50,0:04:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who share the land with the wild animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.87,0:04:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also critical\Nthat local conservationists
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.02,0:04:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be part of every conservation effort,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.12,0:04:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are to build trust and really embed\Nconservation into communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.97,0:04:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As local conservationists,\Nwe face many hurdles,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.48,0:04:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from outright discrimination\Nto barriers because of cultural norms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.13,0:04:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I will not give up my efforts
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.52,0:04:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring indigenous\Ncommunities to this fight
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.09,0:04:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the survival of our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.71,0:04:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm asking you to come\Nand stand together with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.78,0:04:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must actively dismantle\Nthe hurdles we have created,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.27,0:04:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are leaving indigenous populations\Nout of conservation efforts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.47,0:04:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've dedicated my life\Nto protecting lions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.64,0:04:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know my neighbor would, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.100,0:04:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if only they knew the animals\Nthat lived next door to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.98,0:04:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.18,0:05:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)