Mark is Head of Department in Geography at King's College London and considers field research as fundamental to understanding and managing environments and ecosystems.
He has led successful field teaching and research programmes throughout Europe, Latin America and South-east Asia including RGS-IBG sponsored fieldwork in Colombia, Brunei and Nepal and has supervised more than 15 successful student expeditions at undergraduate, masters and PhD levels. Mark has been Hon. Sec. to the RGS-IBG Council with responsibility for expeditions and fieldwork and is currently senior fellow of the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Mark currently leads research projects on: water, food and poverty in the Volta for the CGIAR Water Land and Ecosystems Programme; desertification in Southern Europe and North Africa; and the ecosystem services provided by the world's protected areas.
