The mission of Fuller & Associates (in Canada), and the International Mountains Consultancy (overseas) is to provide high quality sustainable development and environmental consulting services focusing on strategic planning, institutional strengthening and capacity development, project management, public and stakeholder involvement, and monitoring and evaluation. With over two decades of experience, we are now engaged in projects which implement the broad objectives of the recent World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) and the Millenium Development Goals.

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality	Improve maternal health Combat HIV/Aids, malaria and other diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Our principal consultant is Stephan Fuller. We are personally and professionally committed to the search for long term sustainable human development, and the conservation of global biological diversity and the natural world. Our general approach is to engage in and utilize fully participatory methods in all phases of project design, implementation and evaluation.

We are widely experienced in rural and remote environments and mountain ecosystems, engaging with indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities, in the design of projects which are culturally appropriate and respectful. A principal sub-specialty includes biodiversity conservation, protected areas, and implementation of multilateral environmental agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Recent clients have included United Nations agencies (UNDP in Tajikistan, Bhutan, China, Bahrain, Russia, Eritrea, Lebanon, and in Iran); international development donors (The World Bank/Global Environment Facility(WB/GEF)) in China, Kazahkstan and Jordan; the Asian Development Bank in China and Afghanistan; the European Union in Afghanistan and the Ukraine; the Government of Canada; the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); IUCN; IISD; WWF and other NGOs; and Canadian Indigenous Peoples organizations. (click here for details) (References and endorsements are listed below)

A significant component of the work of the International Mountains Consultancy has focused on Protected Areas and Sustainable Development. As such, we are frequent contributors and volunteers with the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas - www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa. In particular: the Mountains Biome Group www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/biome/mountain/mountain.html; and the Transboundary Protected Areas Task Force www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/theme/parks/parks.html.

Stephan Fuller is also active members of the IUCN/CEESP's(Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy) - www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp; the Theme on Governance Equity and Rights (TGER) - www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/TGER.htm; the Theme on Indigenous & Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas (TILCEPA) - www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/Wkg_grp/TILCEPA/TILCEPA.htm; the Conservation and Culture Working Group (CCWG) - www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/culture.htm; and the Working Group on Sustainable Livelihoods (WGSL) - www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/Wkg_grp/SL/SL.htm
Stephan Fuller is also a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Management www.iucn.org/themes/cem For other IUCN working groups please see:
http://www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/Wkg_grp/SL/SL.htm

In addition to the IUCN Commissions, each year we allocate approximately 20% of our professional time to volunteer projects.

This has recently included support to the Mountain Forum, the Canadian Foundation for International Development (CIDA), the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve (Canada), and the new NGO - SEEDS in Tajikistan. Other volunteer work has included the IUCN Committee for UNESCO, the Canada Committee for IUCN, WWF, the Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society, the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation (AAFNA), and several transboundary protected areas in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan.

Additional volunteer support has been provided to the Royal Society for Conservation and Nature (RSCN), Wild Jordan, IUCN WESCANA - The World Conservation Union (Regional programme for West Asia, Central Asia and North Africa), Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, WWF International, UNEP, UNESCO, Kluchovskoi National Park (in Kamchatka), and transboundary protected area initiatives in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.