In this file photo taken on June 25, 2019, Nenquimo (middle) speaks during a demonstration against the entry of oil companies onto ancestral Amazonian lands for exploration activities, in front of the presidential Carondelet palace, in Quito. Photos: AFP
Nemonte Nenquimo is desperate for her five-year-old daughter to inherit pristine ancestral lands in Ecuador's Amazonian jungle region.
It's this tenacity that earned her a spot on Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.
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