Joao Pankararu

Youth Representative

Global Alliance of Traditional Communities

João Víctor Gomes de Oliveira, 25 years old, Indigenous of the Pankararu people. He is a young leader and currently Youth Representative of the Youth for the Global Alliance of Traditional Communities by the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil – APIB. Environmental, social, and political activist since the age of 16. He has fought for territorial rights for his people by engaging in debates and discussions at regional and national levels.