Sonia Dhanda is a policy advisor on natural resource governance. She specialises in the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species for Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Additionally, she is undertaking a PhD with University College London and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her doctoral research is examining the conservation, culture and trade of Ayurvedic herbs in the UK as a case study of natural resource governance. Her research interests are ethnobotany, wildlife trade, medicinal plants and biocultural diversity.