Natalie Anne Kyriacou OAM (born 1988 in Melbourne, Australia) is an

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advocate and social entrepreneur. She was appointed the

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for her ‘services to wildlife and environmental conservation and education’ in 2018. She is a board director at the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife as well as CARE Australia. In 2023, she joined the UNESCO Green Citizens initiative as a Pathfinder. She has served on the board of

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’s Animal Ethics Committee and is presently a member of the

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. She is serving on the advisory board of the ''Women Leaders Institute''. 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.

Biography

Kyriacou was born in

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. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism and a Master of International Relations from the

. She is the former Australian Director of veterinary aid charity, ''Dogstar Foundation''. In 2012 she founded ''My Green World.'' 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. In 2018, she was appointed the

for her ‘services to wildlife and environmental conservation and education’. In the same year, she has been the finalist of ''Young Champion of the Earth'', organized by

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and was featured in

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. She also received 2020 Young Achiever Award for the Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 2022, she was named as one of Australia's Top Innovators by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyriacou, Natalie Anne Australian environmentalists Australian women environmentalists University of Melbourne alumni Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Living people 1988 births

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