Nonette Royo
Conservationist & Social Entrepreneur | Protecting Rainforests & Indigenous Rights
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Nonette Royo is a passionate conservationist and social entrepreneur dedicated to protecting the Amazon rainforest and the rights of its indigenous communities. As the Executive Director of the Samdhana Institute, she leads innovative programs that empower local people to sustainably manage their natural resources.
Royo's groundbreaking work has earned her recognition as a Ashoka Fellow and Yale World Fellow. Her inspiring keynotes share how business, policy, and grassroots action can converge to safeguard the planet's lungs and the livelihoods of vulnerable populations.
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Why Indigenous forest guardianship is crucial to climate action
Indigenous communities have looked after their ancestral forests for millennia, cultivating immense amounts of knowledge on how to protect, nourish and heal these vital environments. Today, 470 million Indigenous people care for and manage 80 percent of the world's biodiversity -- yet their legal rights to these lands are inexplicit and subject to exploitation by illegal loggers, miners and companies. Human rights lawyer Nonette Royo describes how her team at the Tenure Facility, an organization that provides legal assistance to Indigenous people by taking their land rights battles to court, will help these communities secure and defend 50 million hectares of forests over the next five years. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TED2022 | 2022 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada |
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