Ms Shreeya Manandhar is a Research Associate at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), specialising in climate change, migration, wetlands and wildlife. She joined ICIMOD in May 2025 after working there as Climate Change and Migration Intern, and has been a Team Member of Wetlands for Nepal since 2022. She was previously a Research Associate at Sustainability and Environmental Studies Endeavor, and has held academic and research roles as Graduate Assistant and Teaching Assistant at Kathmandu University and Research Intern at the Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences. She has also served as Secretary of the Young Researchers’ Circle and Editor-in-Chief of the Nature and Social Concern Society. Her expertise covers environmental research, links between climate change and migration, wetland conservation and wildlife management in the Himalayan region. A WWF Nepal Scholar, she holds a Master of Science in Environmental Science from Kathmandu University, with a specialisation in Wildlife Management from the University of Inland Norway, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Kathmandu University.