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'''Noemí Gualinga''' (born {{birth based on age as of date |44 |2012|May|25}},<ref name="Caspani2012" />, known as "mother of the jungle") is a community leader and activist for the [[Sarayaku]]. Sarayakus are the [[Amazonian Kichwas|Amazonian Kichwa]] [[indigenous]] group from the [[Ecuador|Ecuadorian]] [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]].<ref name="Castro2020">{{Cite news |last=Castro |first=Mayuri |date=2020-12-13 |title=‘She goes and helps’: Noemí Gualinga, Ecuador’s mother of the jungle |language=en-US |work=Mongabay |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/she-goes-and-helps-noemi-gualin(contracted; show full)
As a young women, Gualinga worked in the Organization of the Indigenous Peoples of Pastaza. From the age of 23, she was shown in radio broadcasts in Puyo. It was giving out medical advice and working for the preservation of Kichwa culture.<ref name="Castro2020" />

== Sarayaku oil development conflict ==
In 1996, the [[Ecuadorian government]] granted [[Argentina|Argentinian]] oil company Compañía General de Combustibles (CGC)(also known as the Argentinean General Fuel Company)
,<ref name="Pachamama">{{Cite web |title=Sarayaku - Pachamama Alliance |url=https://www.pachamama.org/advocacy/sarayaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804071223/https://www.pachamama.org/advocacy/sarayaku |archive-date=4 August 2020 |access-date=2021-04-01 |website=www.pachamama.org}}</ref>, there was exploration to territory of the Sarayaku without first consulting the local community. The company entered Sarayaku land in 2002 with the help of [[Armed Forces of Ecuador|Ecuadorian military]]. They allegedly committed [[human rights]] abuses. There were even threats of rape.<ref name="Caspani2012">{{Cite news |last=Caspani |first=Maria |date=25 May 2012 |title=Indigenous women lead land rights struggle in Ecuadorean Amazon |work=Thomson Reuters Foundation |url=https://news.trust(contracted; show full){{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Ecuadorian environmentalists]]
[[Category:People from Pastaza Province]]
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