Josefina Braña Varela standing in a grassy park beneath a canopy of trees.

Josefina Braña Varela

About Josefina

Josefina is the vice-president and deputy lead for forests at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) United States, where she manages a team working to protect and conserve forests around the world. Her role sees her working with local communities, governments, and her WWF colleagues who are working in the precious places the organisation is trying to protect.

Throughout her career, Josefina has worked with representatives of Indigenous peoples to bring the topic of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to the top of the global agenda. Having worked in places as diverse as Madagascar, Peru, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she has attended climate negotiations, spoken at events, and shepherded the most appropriate parties to work together and bring about real change.

Josefina recommends the University of Wolverhampton, where she studied Governance and Environmental Democracy, due to its multidisciplinary educational approach and the diversity of the staff and students, and says these factors had a powerful impact on her career.

Class of 2006

Vice-President and Deputy Lead, Forest Team at WWF

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I would definitely recommend the University of Wolverhampton, the teaching approach, the multidisciplinary views and the diversity of the colleagues really made my time there worth it and really impacted my career.

Josefina Braña Varela

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