Dr Mordecai Ogada is a Kenyan carnivore ecologist and conservation policy scholar with over 25 years of experience across Africa, focusing on human-wildlife conflict. His current research addresses racism and prejudice in global conservation, as well as ethical challenges in the climate movement, including protecting indigenous communities’ rights over natural heritage. He is co-author of The Big Conservation Lie (2016) with John Mbaria and author of Green and Evil (2025). Based in Nanyuki, Kenya, he is also a keen student of African socio-political history.