Estelle Ewoule Lobe is the founder of the association Action for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons and Environmental Migrants in Africa (APADIME) with which she promotes the rights and education of people in equatorial forests, especially women and young people. It defends communities that preserve their forests by providing them with training and legal support and by implementing income-generating activities. It also fights against environmental crimes and illegal logging and trafficking of protected species in the Congo Basin. In this context, it supports reforestation programs in forest areas severely damaged by illegal exploitation of resources
She is laureate of the 2021 Marianne Initiative.
In her words, her fight aims to “help local communities in the Congo Basin maintain their rights upon their forests, prevent the most vulnerable young people from embarking on illegal immigration, and promote land access and management by women in the region.”