Looks at the changing face of conservation in Kenya and follows the shifting fortunes of the Masai, a semi-traditional pastoral tribe in Africa. With a rapidly increasing population and escalating poverty, more and more Masai are moving into areas where wildlife once roamed freely. This means many more people are now competing with wildlife for the same natural resources--in this case, water and pasture. Prominent conservationists like Dr. Richard Leakey discuss key events in Kenya's conservation history and what it is going to take for conservation to succeed today.

Originally broadcast as an episode of the CBC television program "The Nature of Things" with David Suzuki.