Previous/recent research and consultancy:

• Studies of Solcavsko, an valley system in the Slovene alps, first visited by Sir Dudley Stamp in 1932 (in collaboration with the University of Ljubljana)
• Evaluation of the National Park Sustainable Development Fund for Defra, and of its subsequent application to English Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• Management Planning guidance for UK Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty following the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
• 'Rural Proofing' UK government policy on lifelong learning in rural areas for the Countryside Agency
• Effects of acidification and air pollution on the British flora and habitats for Plantlife - the Wild Plant Conservation charity
• Effects of acidification on European protected areas for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF International)
• Societal transition and environmental issues in central and eastern Europe
• An analysis of political transition and protected areas in east-central and south-eastern Europe (Czech Republic and Slovenia)
• The impact of war on the environment and protected areas in the Yugoslav successor states
• Development of best practice guidelines for UK site management planning for the Countryside Commission (now Countryside Agency)
• Management planning training for the National Trust

Projects have supported by the UK Countryside Commision, the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the British Council, the European Union, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, country government departments (e.g. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Czech Republic, Ministry of the Environment in Serbia, Ministry of Science and Technology in Slovenia) and a wide range of academic bodies and non-governmental organisations.