· Member of Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, SSC, IUCN, since 1994
· Member of Antelope Specialist Group, SSC, IUCN, since Jan 2002
· Member of the board of trustees of "Payam-e Sabz", an Environmental NGO.
· Scientific consultant for the 'Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project' (A joint project of the Iran Department of the Environment and UNDP). 2005-2006.
Reviewer:
· "Journal of Zoology" (Zoological Society of London),
· "Oryx, The International Journal of Conservation"
· "Journal of Wildlife Management"
· "Annales Zoologici Fennici"
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