Meet YAC member Marina Venâncio

Image of Marina Venâncio, a young woman currently working as a programme officer at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), pictured in front of a treed background.

Marina is one of 17 inaugural members of the IUCN Youth Advisory Committee (YAC). The first of its kind, the YAC was launched in April 2024 to support the implementation of the IUCN Youth Strategy across the Union. The YAC is comprised of youth from across the globe, each bringing their own diverse experiences to support meaningful youth engagement in IUCN’s policies, processes and programmes. Get to know Marina and other YAC members as we introduce them.

Hi everyone, my name is Marina Venâncio! I am an environmental lawyer with over eight years of experience in the field of environmental law research and practice. I am currently working as a programme officer at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).

I have previously worked with several international and civil society organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). I hold a Master’s in Law, Environment, and Ecological politics from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil). I have authored and co-authored more than forty publications in domestic and international environmental law and was awarded the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s Green Talents Award in 2016 for my research on agroecological public policies.

In my free time, I am passionate about creating opportunities for young people to develop their capacities and meaningfully engage in international fora. I am the Chair of the Early-Career Specialist Group of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN WCEL), a member of the IUCN WCEL Steering Committee and now a member of the IUCN Youth Advisory Committee.

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