Speakers & Moderators

Originally from Cameroon, Estelle Ewoule Lobe is an ecofeminist and an active advocate in the fight against environmental crime. In 2011, she co-founded the Action for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons and Environmental Migrants in Africa (APADIME). As a laureate of the second cohort of the Marianne Initiative, Estelle has raised her voice at the highest levels of the French government to defend the rights of Indigenous peoples, displaced persons, and environmental migrants, with a particular focus on women. She is actively involved in establishing networks to combat cross-border environmental crime and protect the rights of Indigenous populations and local communities in the Congo Basin. To this end, she collaborates with various national, regional, and international actors, including the Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development of Cameroon, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the French Embassy in Cameroon, and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GITOC).