1982 - 1988 - Research in Dept. of Biogeography, Institute of Geography of the Russian/USSR Academy of Sciences (IG AS)
1987 - 1988 and 1997 - 1999 - Co-Chairman of the International Socio-Ecological Union
1990 - 1997 - Senior Research Fellow, elected member of Academic Board, Head of Projects in Dept. of Biogeography, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IG AS)
1992 - 1998 - Chairman of Board in Biodiversity Conservation Center
1993 - International Scholar in Department of Wildlife Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
1996 - 1998 - Manager of Protected Areas Component in Global Environment Facility (GEF)/World Bank/ State Committee for Environment Protection Project
1998 - 2019 - Director of Conservation in World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Int. Russia Program Office
2004 - 2012 - Member of Public Council in Ministry of Russian Natural Resources and Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection in Government of Moscow
2004 - 2019 - Director of Conservation Policy in World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - Russia
2005 - 2015 - Founder and co-chairman of the Public Council in Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz)
2009 - 2010 - International Scholar at International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University and Central European University (Erasmus Mundus fellowship 2008 by the European Commission with the Masters of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (MESPOM) Consortium : Lund University - Central European University - University of the Aegean - University of Manchester).
2010 - 2011 - Co-Chairman of Editorial Commission in Ministry of Natural Resources for preparation of project "Fundamentals of state policy in field of environmental development in Russian Federation until 2030"
2010 - 2019 - Member of Environmental and Social Advisory Council in European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2011 - present - Member of Expert Council in State Duma Committee of Natural Resources, Nature Management and Ecology
2013 - Active participant in preparation of the project "Fundamentals of state policy in field of use, protection and reproduction of forests in Russia until 2030"
2016 - 2017 - Chairman of Public Council in Rosleskhoz
2017 - 2019 - Member of Public Council in Rosleskhoz
2017 - present - Member of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the ecology of biological systems
2019 - - present - Lead Research Fellow in Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2019 - present - Member of the Scientific Council in Russian Academy of Sciences for Forestry
2019 - Awarded an J. William Fulbright International Visiting Scholarship by Institute of International Education.
2019 - Independent Director, Member of the Board of Directors, PJSC “MMC “Norilsk Nickel”.
2020 – Independent Director, Member of the Board of Directors, UC RUSAL, Int. PJS Company
2021 - Head of the Center for Responsible Environmental Management, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences