Biografía
- Yash Veer Bhatnagar, PhD, is the Country Representative of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) India office (since November 2022). He brings over three decades of work experience in conservation science and practice, and in programme development and management nationally and internationally. He has led and facilitated multi-stakeholder partnerships across India with government agencies including the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MOEFCC) and state forest departments, NGOs, universities, and private-sector organisations.
- He has served as a scientist with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, an autonomous body under the MOEFCC (1999-2003) till he joined the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), Mysore, as Senior Scientist where he served as the Country Programme Director for the Snow Leopard Trust (SLT) India. He joined the Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection (GSLEP) Programme Secretariat in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic as Landscape Management Planning Coordinator.
- Dr Bhatnagar holds a PhD and master’s in wildlife science from Saurashtra University/WII, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in agriculture from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, India.
- His primary interests are in enabling science based, participatory conservation at scale that effectively involves all stakeholders, including community, government, and private sector.
Speaking at
Asia Pavilion – MOEFCC, ZSI, BSI, CSS India (IUCN SSC), IUCN India
Oct 09 2025 (14:00 - 14:45)
Room: IUCN Asia Pavilion
Scaling up global action for big cats: From field solutions to international cooperation(10 Oct: 10.30-12.00
Oct 10 2025 (11:00 - 12:00)
Room: IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1