Marisol,a Kichwaof the Tupac Amaru native community,is the president of FEPIKECHA, and a member of several Indigenous women’s associations, including the association of Indigenous women sinchi warmikuna (strong women), and the network of women guardians and defenders of water yaku warmikuna.

Wilmer is the Director of Research at the Honduras Sustainable Development Network, where he focuses on holistic, just, and participatory development for marginalized communities, including Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples. He has over 24 years of experience and has led more than 15 socio-environmental research and development projects. He currently leads a research project on civic space and climate justice funded by the IDRC.

Yanet, an Indigenous Asháninka leader, serves on the Board of Directors of CARE, an organisation which defends the rights of 45 Native Communities of the Ene River basin. He works to advance the collective commitment of the Asháninka people to a harmonious, prosperous future for communities, where traditions and territories are respected.

The author has just completed her PhD in climate change at the University of the South Pacific. Her research interests include vulnerability assessments, water quality assessments, climate change adaptation, natural resource management, and traditional knowledge systems.

Research Student, Project liaison, Environmental and conservation, Biodiversity, building resilience and adaptation- sustainability in Local community are some of the areas of interests.

Marisol, a Kichwaof the Tupac Amaru native community,is the president of FEPIKECHA, and a member of several Indigenous women’s associations, including the association of Indigenous women sinchi warmikuna (strong women), and the network of women guardians and defenders of water yaku warmikuna. Wilmer is the Director of Research at the Honduras Sustainable Development Network, where he focuses on holistic, just, and participatory development for marginalized communities, including Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples. Having led more than 15 socio-environmental research and development projects, he currently leads a research project on civic space and climate justice funded by the IDRC. Yanet, an Indigenous Asháninka leader, serves on the Board of Directors of CARE, an organisation which defends the rights of 45 Native Communities of the Ene River basin. He works to advance the collective commitment of the Asháninka people to a harmonious, prosperous future for communities, where traditions and territories are respected.

Savio Rousseau Rozario is currently working as a Program Coordinator at the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD). With more than four years of experience in the development sector, Savio’s research interest lies in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Locally-led Adaptation (LLA), and Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Before joining ICCCAD, he served as a Researcher at the BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health and the International Center for Diarrheal Diseases Research Bangladesh (icddr,b). Savio has an MS in Disaster Management from the University of Dhaka and a second Master’s (M.Sc.) in Climate Change and Development from the Independent University Bangladesh (IUB). He has completed his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree majoring in Environmental Science and Environmental Management with a minor in Population Environment from IUB with the prestigious distinction ‘Summa Cum Laude’.