WWF Indonesia has appointed a new Conservation Director, Dr. Arnold F. Sitompul (Arnold), to fill in the position vacated by Nazir Foead.
In the last 20 years, Arnold has been intensively involved in conservation works in the country. This includes developing effective conservation strategies for key protected areas in Indonesia which integrate science-based species conservation, community-based participatory approach, relevant local policies and capacity building. His area of expertise is consistently in sustainable natural resource management, wildlife conservation, community based conservation, ecosystem based land use planning and protected area management. He is familiar working with various stakeholders for consultative planning process. Furthermore, he has experience dealing with various donor agencies. Arnold has an extensive network with domestic NGOs working in natural resource conservation, transparency good governance, anti-corruption, and sustainable palm oil advocacy. He is recently interested working in transformation of corporate practices to sustainability.
During the last three years, Arnold is the Program Director of KEHATI, a national conservation grant making institution based...