Nisha Owen

Nisha Owen is Executive Director at Global Greengrants Fund UK, supporting environmental and climate justice grassroots groups worldwide. Nisha holds a PhD in conservation and more than two decades of experience championing locally-led efforts to conserve the natural world. Previously, Nisha worked at ZSL, leading the EDGE of Existence programme; and led the establishment of the charitable foundation On the Edge. She is Co-Chair (and co-founder) of the IUCN SSC Phylogenetic Diversity Specialist Group focusing on the tree of life, and sits on the Conservation Advisory Panel of World Land Trust.