Kumar Paudel is a conservation scholar-practitioner from Nepal with an MPhil in Conservation Leadership from the University of Cambridge. He is the Founder and Director of Greenhood Nepal, a science-driven conservation non-profit. His work primarily lies in interdisciplinary conservation research covering law enforcement, wildlife trade, community-based conservation, conservation strategy & policy. He is currently also serving as IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group Co-Chair for South Asia.