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Nemonte Nenquimo
Indigenous Activist
Nemonte Nenquimo is an Indigenous activist and member of the Waorani nation from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador. She is the first female president of the Waorani of Pastaza (CONCONAWEP) and co-founder of the Indigenous-led nonprofit organization Ceibo Alliance. In 2020, she was named in the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, the only Indigenous woman on the list and the second Ecuadorian to ever be named in its history. In recognition of her work, in 2020 the United Nations Environment Programme gave her the "Champions of the Earth" award in the category Inspiration and Action.
Nenquimo was the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Ecuadorian government, which culminated in a 2019 ruling that protects half a million acres of Waorani ancestral land in the Amazon rainforest from oil drilling.
In 2020, she was featured on the Time 100 Most Influential People list, the only Indigenous woman that year and among the first Amazonians ever to be named. She was also on the list of the BBC's 100 Women announced on 23 November 2020. In 2020, Nenquimo was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
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