Maria Ivanova bụ ọkà mmụta nke ọchịchị ụwa na-arụ ọrụ na arụmọrụ nke ụlọ ọrụ mba ụwa, mmejuputa nkwekọrịta gburugburu ebe obibi mba ụwa, na nkwado. Ọ bụ onye isi ụlọ akwụkwọ nke amụma ọha na ihe gbasara obodo na Mahadum Northeast dị na Boston. Akwụkwọ ya, The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP na Fifty (MIT Press 2021) na-enye nyocha zuru oke banyere mmalite na arụmọrụ nke mmemme gburugburu gburugburu UN.
Na June 2022, a họpụtara Ivanova otu n'ime ntọala 66 Fellows nke International Science Council, nkwanye ugwu kachasị elu nke Kansụl nyere ndị nyere onyinye dị ịrịba ama n'ịkwalite njikọ na sayensị. Ọ chịkọtara usoro nhazi akwụkwọ ozi sitere n'aka ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị na ndị ọkà mmụta nye ndị isi ụwa na Mgbakọ Stockholm + 50, na-akpọ oku maka amụma amụma ngwa ngwa maka ụwa ga-adigide. O jere ozi na ndị nnọchi anya Rwandan na UN Environment Assembly na-ekwurịta mkpebi ahụ na nkwekọrịta zuru ụwa ọnụ na rọba. Ivanova bụ onye so na Board Advisory Sayensị na odeakwụkwọ ukwu UN Ban Ki-moon. Ọ bụ onye so na Technical Advisory Group na Global Commission on Science Missions for Sustainability na Joint Scientific Committee of WCRP yana Ambassador for Transparency International.
Emelitere ibe a na Mee 2024.
