Kavita Sharma is a Task Manager with the UNEP GEF Biodiversity Land Degradation Unit, based in Bangkok. She is responsible for a multimillion-dollar portfolio of projects in Asia on agrobiodiversity, natural capital accounting, forest and landscape restoration, sustainable commodities, and nature-based infrastructure.
Prior to joining the UNEP GEF team, Kavita worked on natural capital accounting in Asia, Africa, and Europe at UNEP's The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. She also worked on ICT4D as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers India.
Kavita holds a master's degree in environmental management with a focus on biogeochemistry from Yale University and a Doctor of Science (DSc.) on forest and landscape restoration from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.
