Marina Venâncio is an environment and youth advocate, with over nine years of experience in the field of environmental law research and practice. She is currently working as a programme officer at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre and has previously contributed to several international and civil society organizations, including FAO and UNEP. She holds a master's degree in law environment, and ecological politics from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) and is currently working towards her Ph.D. in human and ecological rights. Ms. Venancio has authored and co-authored more than forty publications in the field of domestic and international environmental law, and was awarded in 2016 the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s Green Talents Award for her research on agroecological public policies. She is also a member of the YPARD Steering Committee. You can contact her at m.demariavenancio@gmail.com.https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-venancio/