Ecuador
Nkwi Flores (sibling/hir) is a citizen of Apya Yala – Turtle Island, Kara-Kichwa Nation – Kutakachi Pueblo-Chichupamp Ayu-Runa, deeply rooted in the Andean and Amazonian cultural heritage experiences of Ecuador. As a Runa/Indigenous kuyak-kamayuk/scientist and Ancestral Land Trustee, their work is at the forefront of Indigenous Komplexity Systems Theory in parallel with Western science to craft biokulture-ethics nature-based solutions. Their contributions challenge prevailing Western/Eurocentric narratives in the emerging nature market stemming from IPs’ rights, Indigenous data sovereignty, and the enfranchisement of IPs, and they are committed to socioenvironmental spatial justice, culture regenerability, and transdisciplinary research and policy-making, engaging with more-than-human and more-than-life accountability and care between humanity and nature.