First Secretary
Indigenous Peoples of the State of Para

Puyr Tembé, a leader of the Tembé Indigenous peoples from Alto Rio Guama in the Brazilian Amazon and the first Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará, is co-founder of The National Association of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA) and is a lead protagonist of the new award-winning film “We Are Guardians,” which explores the work of Indigenous forest-guardians and Earth Defenders protecting the Amazon from illegal logging and mining. Puyr also works alongside other Indigenous women leaders, including Minister Sonia Guajajara and Federal Deputy Célia Xakriabá, to launch innovative initiatives to unite Indigenous leaders, policymakers and allies to ensure the full participation and leadership of Indigenous peoples, particularly women, in global climate negotiations on the path to COP 30 in Brazil.

Federal Deputy
The Brazilian Congress

Celia Xakriabá, a Federal Deputy in the Brazilian Congress and a co-founder of ANMIGA (the National Association of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors), is leading the Planet Caucus of global parliamentarians committed to climate action, biodiversity and the rights of Indigenous and traditional communities on the path to COP30 in Brazil.

Executive Director
Amazon Watch

Leila Salazar-López has worked for 25+ years to defend the world’s rainforests, human rights and climate through grassroots organizing and international advocacy campaigns. She has been the Executive Director of Amazon Watch since 2015, leading that organization’s work to protect and defend the bio-cultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest in solidarity with Indigenous and forest peoples.