Kanchori then drew a direct parallel between the modern Western-dominated conservation industry and historical colonial tropes, such as attributing the "discovery" of Mount Kenya or Kilimanjaro to European explorers such as Johann Ludwig Krapf and Johannes Rabman "as if there were no people before. Kanchouris comments suggest that Western-led conservation models function as an extension of historical land grabs and cultural displacement in a green guise, particularly through the way they treat African lands as an empty wasteland that requires Western rule. "They are trying to actually replace us - not just our policies, not our way of life - to completely replace us on our soil," Kanchori said.

Kanchori then drew a direct parallel between the modern Western-dominated conservation industry and historical colonial tropes, such as attributing the "discovery" of Mount Kenya or Kilimanjaro to European explorers such as Johann Ludwig Krapf and Johannes Rabman "as if there were no people before. Kanchouris comments suggest that Western-led conservation models function as an extension of historical land grabs and cultural displacement in a green guise, particularly through the way they treat African lands as an empty wasteland that requires Western rule. "They are trying to actually replace us - not just our policies, not our way of life - to completely replace us on our soil," Kanchori said.