Ivonne Yanez is founder member of Accion Ecologica, Ecuadorian environmental organisation in defence of collective and nature rights since 1986 and also Oilwatch, oil activities resistance network, founded in 1996.
Ivonne works on energy, climate change and, more recently, environmental services.
She has been an active promoter of the Keep the Oil in the Soil campaign for many years, with Yasuni as the emblematic case.