Mordecai Ogada

Mordecai Ogada, Kenya

Carnivore ecologist and conservation scholar

Mordecai Ogada
is a carnivore ecologist and conservation scholar who has been involved
in conservation policy and practice for the last 18 years in Kenya and
other parts of Africa, mainly on human-wildlife conflict mitigation and
carnivore conservation. Over the last three years, Mordecai has been
engaged in examining the policy problems and prejudices that underlie
the challenges experienced in wildlife conservation, particularly in the
global South. These issues form the central theme of ‘The Big
Conservation Lie’ a book focused on Kenya co-authored with John Mbaria.
He is currently the Executive Director of Conservation Solutions Afrika,
a natural resource management consultancy based in Nanyuki. Dr. Ogada
consults for Survival International on the Impact of Conservation
Practice on the lives and rights of Indigenous People, particularly in
Africa.