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Nemonte Nenquimo speaks at Countdown Summit

(Filmed in Ecuador by director Tom Laffay and associate producer Emily Wright, in collaboration with Amazon Frontlines)

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(Filmed in Ecuador by director Tom Laffay and associate producer Emily Wright, in collaboration with Amazon Frontlines)

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Donate to Amazon Frontlines, a nonprofit cofounded by Nemonte Nenquimo to seed a global effort to drive resources to the frontlines of Indigenous action in the Amazon.

Sign the letter to Ecuador's Supreme Court, written by Nemonte Nenquimo and other Indigenous peoples to demand respect for their right to decide the future of their ancestral territories.

Share Nemonte Nenquimo's talk with the presidents of five major Amazonian countries to make sure they hear her wisdom and heed her call to action.

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Nemonte Nenquimo

Indigenous leader

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Nemonte Nenquimo is an Indigenous leader of the Waorani peoples, legendary hunter-harvesters of the south-central Ecuadorian Amazon. She is a founder of the Ceibo Alliance and Amazon Frontlines and a board member of Nia Tero.

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