Nemonte Nenquimo, an indigenous leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon, was one of the winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize of 2020 for her success in protecting 500,000 acres of rainforest from oil extraction. Nenquimo, also winner of of the 2020 United Nations Environment Programme’s Champions of the Earth award for Inspiration and Action, is a member of the Waorani indigenous community. She says she is of “warrior blood” and she has shown the world what a warrior like her can achieve. Not by engaging in war, but by fighting a fight on a different level: by filing a lawsuit.

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