Joana Oliveira is the Pan-Amazon and Bioeconomy Manager at WRI Brasil, where she leads bioeconomy initiatives at the national level, across the Pan-Amazon region, and in their global articulation, particularly at the interface with the community-led forest economies agenda. Her work focuses on promoting sustainable and inclusive economic models grounded in territorial dynamics.

She also serves as Executive Secretary of the Pan-Amazon Network for Bioeconomy, an alliance that brings together more than 50 actors from different sectors and territories across the region, dedicated to advancing a sustainable and locally led bioeconomy. In this role, she coordinates the Network’s strategic agenda and activities, which are organized into five Task Forces: Finance, Market Access, Knowledge and Research, Public Policy, and Capacity Strengthening.

With a professional background in communications, engagement, and policy advocacy, Joana has worked with public, private, and civil society organizations in Brazil, supporting coalition-building processes and the development of institutional strategies. She has also worked on cultural heritage public policies at the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN).

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She also completed the Leaders for Zero Deforestation in the Amazon by 2030 program (Imaflora) and has a technical degree in Visual Programming from IFSul.