Praneetha Monipi is a conservation scientist and systems reformer working at the intersection of biodiversity, communities, and policy.
With nearly two decades of experience across India and international landscapes, her work focuses on human–wildlife coexistence, sustainable conflict mitigation, land-use planning, and One Health approaches that address root causes rather than surface-level solutions.
She is the Founder of Adhvaya: Beyond Barriers, where she has pioneered India’s first macaque-focused One Health program, addressing culturally interrelated drivers of conflict through community-integrated, context-specific interventions.
Praneetha has represented her work across international and UN-linked policy and dialogue spaces, contributing ground-level ecological realities to global conversations on biodiversity, climate action, and sustainable development. She has also engaged with IUCN-aligned frameworks and conservation networks, bridging on-ground implementation with global conservation thinking.
Beyond fieldwork, she works closely with institutions, practitioners, and individuals to translate complexity into clarity, helping people find where they belong in conservation, design ethical projects, and build impact without burnout or performative activism.
She currently serves on the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittee of the Primate Society of Great Britain (UK) and has been recognized as a 2025 WILD Innovators Global Leader and part of the pioneer cohort of the BeVisioneers Mercedes-Benz Fellowship.
At her core, Praneetha believes conservation must be human, grounded, and livable. Not extractive, exclusionary, or overwhelming.
