I am an environmental social scientist with a particular interest in policy, legal and governance dimensions of tropical biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource management.   Trained in geography and natural sciences, I draw on a wide range of methods and approaches.  I am also actively involved in conservation activism, litigation, capacity building and at the science-policy interface. 

I am based at the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University, in the Political Ecology Research Group. I convene the Conservation-Litigation.org network, Co-Chair of the IUCN SSC Orchid Specialist Group - Global Trade Programme, and am Co-Founder of the Nepal Conservation Research Fellowship.