Indigenous women, environmental activist and member of Chad’s pastoralist Mbororo People, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim began advocating for Indigenous Peoples’ rights and environmental protection at age 12, founding the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT).

She introduced new income revenue activities for women and collaborative tools , as well as 2D and 3D participatory mapping to protect land rights, build sustainable ecosystems management,reduce nature-based resource conflicts. Her vision is to grow support for Indigenous Peoples traditional knowledge, technologies and science to improve resilience and adaptation to climate change and to protect biodiversity, especially for
Indigenous communities.

She is a member of the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC), founder
member of the Réseau des Populations Autochtones et Locales pour la Gestion des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale (REPALEAC), and served as co-chair of the International Indigenous International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change at the
historic UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris. She spoke at the signature of the Paris Agreement at UNGA and briefed 3 times UN Security Council on climate change, land degradation and World’s Insecurity. She served as cochair of the Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP). She advised COP26 President and COP28 President.

She is dedicated to the protection of all Indigenous Peoples, from the Congo to the Arctic, Himalaya to Pacific and their wisdom and value of their knowledge in the fight against climate change. She advances environmental protection for Indigenous Peoples by participating in international policy dialogues held around the three Rio Conventions; Climate Change (UNFCCC), Biodiversity (CBD), and Desertification (UNCCD) pressuring governments to recognize land rights of Indigenous Peoples and advance their solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation.

She has been cochair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) for COP27 in Africa Egypt and COP28 in Asia UAE. She is currently Chair of the UNPFII and expert member nominated by African Indigenous Peoples organizations.
Ibrahim’s work with indigenous communities at the local and global level has achieved broad recognition and support including, s Her Speak during One Forest Summit and her TED talk on Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge meets science to solve climate change has surpassed 1 million views.