Suneetha M Subramanian is a Research Fellow in the Biodiversity and Society Programme at UNU-IAS. She has more than 15 years of experience in international and sub-national research and capacity building activities relating to biodiversity and human well-being with a focus on equity, traditional knowledge, linking policy goals to local priorities and community well-being, assessment of changes to ecosystems and human well-being, socio-ecological resilience, and joint implementation of policies and actions on health and biodiversity at the community level. She has been involved as a coordinating lead author in various assessments of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).