Ramesh Kathariya (He/Him)
Student, Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Environmental Science
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- Nepal
I am a consultant supporting various conservation and development initiatives. For the majority of my time, I lead the human-wildlife conflict and coexistence work for the Global Wildlife Program, funded by the Global Environment Facility and led by the World Bank. I am also supporting the SMART Partnership with an analysis of human-wildlife conflict data. I have 12 years of experience in wildlife conservation, protected area management, and community engagement.
I split my time between India and USA
My background is mainly in species conservation, education and capacity exchange. I researched mother-young interactions in gorillas and chimpanzees, in captivity and the wild. After that, I worked for three years in Indonesia, where I developed and implemented youth ambassador and community engagement programmes on local and regional scales. I co-founded WildHub, a community of nature conservation professionals, in 2020 and work as their Community Lead. I am furthermore on the Advisory Board of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent where I obtained my PhD on capacity development for conservation in 2022.