Plateau Perspectives promotes community-based conservation and sustainable development in the high mountains of Central Asia and the vast Tibetan plateau region in western China. Working through partnerships and collaborations as well as directly with its own field staff, Plateau Perspectives primarily seeks to empower and strengthen local communities as well as support higher level processes that help create supportive and enabling environments for sustainable mountain development.

Marc Foggin is a Canadian conservation biologist, currently resident in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Marc is Founder and Director of Plateau Perspectives. He also is an Honorary Research Associate at the Institute of Asian Research, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia; an International Fellow of The Explorers Club; and former Associate Director of the Mountain Societies Research Institute, University of Central Asia.

For more information, see Plateau Perspectives' website, and Marc's UBC profile, personal page and photography site.