11 January 2023
Sonia Dhanda
Senior Science Officer (CITES)
Department
Team
Specialism
Natural resource use, conservation strategies, wildlife trade, biocultural diversity, ethnobotany and policy implementation of CITES, CBD, Nagoya Protocol and Sustainable Development Goals.
In my role as Senior Science Officer, I focus on the Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) working in the UK CITES Scientific Authority for Flora team. I am responsible for our scientific advice on CITES to Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) on policy and licencing. I coordinate the wildlife trade research required to support our policy advice. I provide training and advice on CITES and global policies to ensure awareness of legal requirements in relation to collections, fieldwork and research.
- MSc Conservation Science, Imperial College London, 2015
- BSc Biology (Hons), University of St Andrews, 2010
- Co-Chair IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods – Plant Use Group, 2023 –
- Chair CITES Standing Committee Annotations Working Group, 2023 –
Smyth, N., Dhanda, S., Williams, C., Cable, S., Ralimanana, H., Simpson, R. and Clarke, G. (2017)
Plant conservation policies and international trade
In Willis, K.J. (ed.) State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
