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Real Forest Girls & Forest Women

Aleta Baun (West Timor, Indonesia)

organized women in a peaceful protest to stop deforestation on Mutis Mountain. For more information, read a brief overview or watch a short video. 

Evgenia Chirikova (Russia)

engaged concerned citizens to protect 2,500 acres of old-growth forest. For more information, read a brief overview or watch a short video.

Liz Chicaje Churay (Peru)

advocated for the protection of indigenous rights and the creation of a new national park, including more than 2 million acres of Amazon rainforest. For more information, read a brief overview or watch a short video.

Martha "Pati" Ruiz Corzo (Mexico)

catalyzed a community-based forest restoration organization that led to the creation of the ~100,000 acre Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve. Since then, the team has planted ~6 million trees and recovered ~13,000 hectares of forestland. For more information, read this brief overview , article, and description of the organization that she founded.

Clare Dubois (Global focus)

founded TreeSisters, which has raised funds to plant over 22 million trees in Brazil, Borneo, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, Nepal, and West Papua. For more information, read a brief overview here and here. 

Jane Goodall (Tanzania & Global focus)

conducted a long-term field study of chimpanzees, in Tanzania, and catalyzed environemntal awareness of through the Jane Goodall Institute as well as Roots and Shoots Clubs for kids. Most recently, she has focused on forest restoration and created a new organization, Trees for Jane, which is collaborating with the Women’s Earth Alliance. For more information, read one of the many books written by, and about, Dr. Goodall.

Julia Butterfly Hill (U.S.A.)

advocated and "lived in the canopy of an ancient redwood tree, called Luna, to help make the world aware of the plight of ancient forests" for 738 days. For more information, read one of her books as well as the children's book about her, and also see her website.

Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi (Uganda)

promotes the conservation and sustainable use of forests.

For more information, read a brief overview here or watch a video here and here.

Margaret Lowman, Ph.D. (U.S.A.)

pioneered of forest canopy research, as well as an advocate for both forests and girls globally. For more information, read about her background here, as well as her memoir here, and a children's book on Dr. Lowman here. In addition, learn about her non-profit organization -- Tree Foundation -- here.

Wangari Maathai (Kenya)

worked with the National Council of Women of Kenya to create a project that addressed deforestation, which became the Green Belt Movement and planted tens of millions of trees. Over time, her work also focused attention on the role of private landownership in deforestation. For more information, read one of the many books  on her and explore ongoing work through her Foundation.

Margaret March-Mount (U.S.A.)

developed and implemented the idea of saving “pennies for pines,” which led to the planting of ~6 million trees on 6,000 acres. For more information, read this brief overview.

Neema Namadamu (Democratic Republic of Congo)

founded the organization Synergy of Congolese Women’s Associations (SAFECO) to promote collaboration between women’s organizations and create a unified front in working toward peace and women’s rights. SAFECO has teamed up with the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International, to focus on women’s rights and ending illegal logging in the Itombwe Rainforest. For more information, read this brief overivew.

Alexandra Narvaez (Kofán Territory, Ecuador)

advocates for indigenous autonomy as well as protection of indigenous lands and cultures, while also being the first female Kofán member of Sinangoe’s land patrol. For more information, read this brief overview and watch video.

Nenmonte Nenquimo (Waorani Territory, Ecuador)

seeks for protection of the indigenous Waorani territory and 500,000 acres of rainforest. For more information, read brief overviews here, here, and here, as well as explore the organizations that she has founded here and here.

Cécile Ndjebet (Cameroon)

advocates for women's participation in forest governance, as well as conservation  and improvement of the lives of people living in rural areas. For more information, read brief overview of her work here and here, as well as explore the organizations that she has founded here and here.

Hotlin Ompusunggu (Indonesia)

enables conservation through addressing one of the root causes of deforestation in rural communities -- which is the need for cash to pay for health care -- by co-creating a medical clinic and barter system for accessing medical care.  For more information, read a brief overview of her work here and watch a video on her work here. 

Suzanne Simard (Canada)

conducts pioneering forest ecology research on plant communication and intelligence, through below-ground fungal networks, and advocates for forests. For more information, read a brief overview of her work here and about her book here, as well as explore her research here.

Kinari Webb (Indonesia & Global)

created organization focused on reversing tropical rainforest deforestation through engaging with local communities and investing in their identified solutions. Collaborated with Indonesian colleague,  Hotlin Ompusunggu, to show that the approach works in Indonesia through ASRI. Currently focused on adaptation and application in Madagascar and Brazil. For more information, read a brief overview of her work at Health In Harmony here and about her book here.

Artemisa Xakriaba (Brazil)

engages as an indigenous climate activist focused on stopping environmental destruction in Brazil, particularly in the Amazon rainforest. For more information, please see here.

Juma Xipaia (Brazil)

focuses on indigenous action to stop illegal logging and mining, as well as dam development on her community's lands in the Amazon rainforest. For more information, please see here.

And many more forest girls and forest women, around the world.

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