Over 10 years of conservation management experience while leading WWF-US field programmes in the Himalayas and the Mekong region. 2014, McCluskey Fellow, School of Forestry and Environment, Yale University. Director, Sacred Earth, a capacity building platform for faith leaders and religious institutions on environmental issues in the Himalayas, the Mekong, East Africa, the Amazon and the United States. Environmental Adviser to His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Head of the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism and coordinator for 55 ecomonasteries in the Himalayas carrying out activities. Regular spokesperson and contributor to media.