Conservation biologist with over 20 years' experience in high mountain ecosystems of Western China and Central Asia. Special interest in the integration of conservation and sustainable development, with a focus on pastoralist societies. Director of international NGO Plateau Perspectives; Research Associate at Institute of Asian Research in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia; and Auditor of accounts and Ombudsperson for the ICCA Consortium. Co-founder of the Lapis Guides application for creating personalised digital field guides. Previously, Senior Researcher and Associate Director of the Mountain Societies Research Institute, University of Central Asia.

Also international consultant for UNDP for the (re)development of community-friendly biodiversity conservation projects in Gabon and Cameroon.

A portfolio of photo stories are available at https://stories.plateauperspectives.org/