ANUKRITI SHARMA

Anukriti Sharma is an environmental scientist and geographer whose work centers on citizen science, nature education, and climate action. She directs the Asia Nature Challenge, Asia’s first large-scale citizen science initiative on biodiversity, and led the inaugural nationwide Wild Wisdom Bioblitz with WWF-India in 2025. Through the Asian Environmental Youth Network, she supports a mentorship program linking young people in more than 30 countries.

Her work combines project leadership with education and communication. She has developed resources, workshops, and campaigns that make biodiversity and climate issues accessible to communities and schools. She is also active in global collaborations as part of the IUCN Citizen Science Task Force and the Citizen Science Global Partnership’s Climate Change Mitigation Working Group.

Anukriti’s expertise lies in designing and leading projects, guiding research, and creating spaces where communities take an active role in conservation. She believes that lasting environmental change depends on building knowledge and ownership at the community level.