Natalie Anne Kyriacou

Natalie Anne Kyriacou OAM (born 1988 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian environmentalist, social justice advocate and social entrepreneur.^[1][2][3] She was appointed the Medal of the Order of Australia for her ‘services to wildlife and environmental conservation and education’ in 2018.^[4][5][6] She is a board director at the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife as well as CARE Australia.^[7][8] In 2023, she joined the UNESCO Green Citizens initiative as a Pathfinder.^[9] She has served on the board of University of Melbourne’s Animal Ethics Committee and is presently a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. She is serving on the advisory board of the Women Leaders Institute.^{[10][11][12][13]} She is also known as the founder and current CEO of My Green World which she founded in 2012 to promote wildlife and environmental conservation issues.^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]}

Natalie Anne Kyriacou OAM
Natalie Anne Kyriacou delivering speech
Born	1988 (age 36–37) Melbourne, Australia
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation(s)	Environmentalist, Social Justice Advocate, Social Entrepreneur,
Years active	2013−present
Known for	My Green World

Biography

Kyriacou was born in Melbourne, Australia.^[20][21][22] She holds a Bachelor of Journalism and a Master of International Relations from the University of Melbourne.^[23][24] She is the former Australian Director of veterinary aid charity, Dogstar Foundation.^[25][26] In 2012 she founded My Green World.^[27] In 2016, Kyriacou developed the wildlife and environmental education and conservation app, World of the Wild as the part of her wildlife and environmental conservation advocacy which drew considerable media attention.^{[28][29][30][31][27]} In 2018, she was appointed the Medal of the Order of Australia for her ‘services to wildlife and environmental conservation and education’.^[32][33][34] In the same year, she has been the finalist of Young Champion of the Earth, organized by United Nations Environment Programme and was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30.^{[16][35][36][25][37][38][39][40]} She also received 2020 Young Achiever Award for the Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.^[41][42] In 2022, she was named as one of Australia's Top Innovators by The Australian.^[43]

Further reading

• "The Haileyburian - Winter 2019". Issuu. 5 June 2019. p. 19. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
• Nuwer, Rachel (25 September 2018). Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-306-82551-4.
• Hall, Gillette H.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony (30 April 2012). Indigenous Peoples, Poverty, and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-02057-3.
• Robinson, Lori (12 February 2016). Saving Wild: Inspiration From 50 Leading Conservationists. Laurie Robinson. ISBN 978-0-9965486-4-9.