"Western paradigms and values have dominated the management and conservation practice in Kenya for several decades. This book critiques the amount of resources devoted to promoting extrinsic values, like tourism while ignoring or actively suppressing indigenous ecosystem values. This also touches on the seldom-visited question of racial prejudices in the Kenyan conservation sector, which alienate indigenous peoples - the most important partners in conservation. This book confronts the historical, political and ethical challenges currently facing conservation practice in Kenya thorugh the insights of two indivíduals who have observed it from completely different perspectives."