Founder and International Director, Plateau Perspectives
Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Asian Research, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Member of the Advisory Committee for the GCRF project “Gobi Framework – Mediation model for sustainable infrastructure development“
Member, Canadian Mountain Network
Advisor, Qomolangma (Mt Everest) Glacier Foundation
International Fellow, The Explorers Club (Canadian Chapter)
Honorary Member, Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas Consortium (ICCA Consortium)
Regional Representative (Central Asia), Mountains Specialist Group, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Expert member, IUCN – International Union for the Conservation of Nature
- Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
- Strategic Direction on Governance, Communities, Equity, and Livelihood Rights in Relation to Protected Areas (TILCEPA)
- World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), (Mountains Biome, Mountain Protected Areas Network)
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
- Social Science Working Group (SSWG)
- Religion and Conservation Biology (RCB)
- Participatory and Citizen Science Working Group (PaCS)
Citizen Science Association (CSA)
Snow Leopard Network (SLN)