Kinray Hub is an indigenous-led nonprofit research organization. Indigenous leader Ñawi Flores conceived the organization in collaboration with indigenous and non-indigenous scientists, conservationists, technologists, farmers, and community members. We strive to create an ecosystem in which culture, climate, science, and technology serve as dynamic and interconnected mechanisms to build a more sustainable and just society.

Kinray Hub is dedicated to regenerative agriculture, social ecology, biocultural knowledge, and comprehensive resource management. As a reciprocal bridge-building organization, Kinray Hub conducts rigorous scientific research on Indigenous Kultural-Agricultural Systems Heritage (I-KASH) practices in-situ academic research that centers, uplifts and analyzes the eroding traditional agricultural practices of Andean Ecuador to address klimate change from the ground up. We conduct our research in partnership with the indigenous farmers whose land we study and develop agricultural research that honors nature as the planet’s most significant shareholder. 

Kinray Hub also works on redefining research governance and data sovereignty from an Indigenous perspective; believing that the results of academic studies and data generated should be held by the indigenous communities themselves, not external researchers. By ethically uniting Indigenous knowledge systems with klimate and sustainability-focused scientific research, we work to reduce educational hierarchy and restore socioeconomic equity.