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RONDANG S. E. SIREGAR, PhD
Dr. ARIF ZULKIFLI
ARI BUDIARTO
Rondang S. E. Siregar PhD
Expertises: Conservation Biology, Orang Utan Ecology, Sustainability and Bioanthropology, Environmental and Social Safeguards.
Rondang has a strong academic background in biological and conservation science, and attained her PhD Degree in Biological Science at the University of Cambridge, UK. Since then, she has been working for over 25 years with particularly international and Indonesian NGOs and consultants. Her key qualifications include conservation planning, project development, program and project management, protected area management and forest and biodiversity conservation, primate rehabilitation and reintroduction, and HCV/S (High Conservation Value/High Carbon Stock) assessment and management. In various leading positions, she has conducted a range of forest, wildlife, and conservation projects across Indonesian archipelago, including in Sumatera, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. She also has a long and successful experiences in carrying out consultancy works for land-based private sector, including HCV/S assessment and biodiversity management for mining concessions and Industrial Timber Plantation (HTI) companies. International memberships she joined are International Primatological Society, American Society of Primatologist, Indonesian Primatological Society, Cambridge Philosophical Society, Cambridge National Trust Volunteer, Cambridge, SeeK (Science for Kid) Volunteer Society, Cambridge University Roots and Shoots Society, Cambridge Conservation, Forum (Site and Species management working group), National Geographic Society, WANADRI Outdoor and Jungle Explorer, Society of Conservation Biology (SCB), IUCN Primate Specialist Group, Co-Vice Chair, Section for Human-Primate Interactions
Dr. Arif Zulkifli
Expertises: Environmental Management, Environmental Law, Energy Governance and Policy, Carbon, and Politic-Economic
Arif Zulkifli is an associate researcher at Research Center for Climate Change – University of Indonesia (RCCC-UI) who focuses on the governance aspects of the energy and land-based sector, starting from forestry and mining. He is also a lecturer at Mercu Buana University and holds a doctorate in Environmental Science from the University of Indonesia. Arif has in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in land use aspects in forest and land areas and how to synergize land use by communities, especially social forestry communities, with jurisdictional land use planning contained in spatial and regional planning. He is an environmental activist who actively writes and has published various books on the environment published by various leading publishers in Indonesia. He also has an extensive network with stakeholders in the forestry, mining and energy sectors, both national and subnational levels, including in North Sumatra as he is a local native of the province.
Ari Budiyarto
Expertises: Environmental Impact Assessment, Community Management, and Community-Based Waste Management for Small-City Waste Solutions
Ari is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health in College Science and Engineering, Flinders University Australia. Ari is an environmental specialist with expertise in environmental impact assessment, community management, and community-based waste management for small-city waste solutions, and environmental policy analysis. He has strong analytical skills and a team player committed to sustainability.
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