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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT); Fellow, Conservation International
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an environmental activist, member of Chad's pastoralist Mbororo community, President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT), Conservation International Senior Fellow and UN Sustainable Development Goal Advocate. Ibrahim's work with indigenous communities at the local and global level has achieved broad recognition and support including, the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award;, the 2020 Refugee International's Refugees International Holbrooke Award; the Daniel Mitterrand Prize; appointment as a UN SDG Advocate, Conservation International Board Member and Lui-Walton Senior Fellow; Member of the Earthshot Prize Council; EAT Advisory Board; named Ambassador of the EDEN Project; and National Geographic Explorer. She was recognized by BBC as a top 100 women leader and by TIME's Women Leaders in Climate Change and Brut media produced her bio spot Here. Hindou's TED talk on Indigenous knowledge meets science to solve climate change has surpassed more than 1 million views.