Dany Ardianto Kurniawan joined CIFOR’s Forests and Livelihoods programme in Bogor in June as a Research Assistant and Programmer. Prior to CIFOR Dani was a web-developer, programmer and instructor with a range of organizations. Dani has an engineering degree from Bandung’s Telecommunication School of Engineering.
Tereza Cristina Ribeiro joined CIFOR’s office in Belem as a Secretary in September. Tereza has eight years of experience in various Secretarial and Administrative roles with several companies in Belem. She has a Secretarial Diploma from Universidade da Amazônia.
Manyewu Mutamba recently joined CIFOR under the Netherlands funded Associate Expert program as a researcher with the Forests and Livelihoods programme in Lusaka, Zambia. He will research woodland-poverty links and assist the global network on Forests for Poverty Alleviation. Manyewu holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Zimbabwe.
Ruben de Koning recently joined CIFOR under the Netherlands funded Associate Expert program as a researcher with the Forests and Governance programme in Yaoundé, Cameroon. He will help develop CIFOR’s research into forests and conflict in Africa. Ruben holds a Master’s degree in development studies from the Netherlands’ University of Nijmegen.
Elke Verbeeten recently joined CIFOR’s Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forests programme as part of its African dry lands upper-catchment research project. Based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Elke has considerable GIS experience with a range of organizations. She holds a Master’s degree in Physical Geography & Landscape Ecology from the University of Amsterdam.
Sylvia Kartika joined CIFOR ’s Bogor office as an Accountant in the Financial Services Unit in November,where she had previously served as a consultant since October 2003.Before CIFOR she was an auditor with the PricewaterhouseCoopers. Sylvia has a degree in Accounting from Jakarta ’s Trisakti University.
Mohammad Agus Salim joined CIFOR in December as a GIS Assistant in the Information Services Group,Bogor.Prior to CIFOR he was a Team Leader with PT.Tigenco Graha Persada in Jakarta and has also worked as a web map developer. Agus holds a Bachelor ’s degree from the Bandung Institute of Technology.
Gaku Kato joined CIFOR’s Forests and Governance programme in Bogor in July. From the Institute of Developing Economies at Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry, Gaku will undertake research in to rent distribution in Indonesia’s ply and pulpwood industry. Gaju is a PhD candidate with the University of London.
Fiona Chandler joins CIFOR in January as the Programme Development Coordinator. Prior to CIFOR,Fiona was the Program Manager for “Rewarding the Upland Poor In Asia for Environmental Services (RUPES)” at the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF). She was also ICRAF ’s Executive Officer from 1997 – 2001,,overseeing resource mobilization, Board and donor relations. Fiona has a Master ’s degree in Environmental Management & Development from the Australian National University.
Moving on:
Several colleagues recently said farewell to CIFOR. Everyone at CIFOR would like to thank them for their work and friendship and to wish them every success.
- Yulia Tjokroaminata, resigned in September and moved to Canberra, Australia.Yulia was an Accountant based in Bogor.
- Andy Darmawan, a GIS Assistant in Bogor resigned in October and is moving to Australia in January to study for a Master ’s degree.
- Richard Nyirenda, a Research Assistant in the Harare,Zimbabwe ’s Office finished his assignment in October 2004,after some four years with CIFOR. Richard is now pursuing a PhD degree in the UK.
- Benoit Mertens, a scientist with CIFOR ’s Forests and Livelihoods programme,resigned in October 2004.He is now with the World Resources Institute as a Coordinator with the Global Forest Watch initiative in Cameroon.
- Carmen Garcia, a Research Fellow in the Forests and Livelihoods programme resigned in December 2004.She will join the University of Madrid, Spain.
- Godwin Kowero, a Scientist in the Forests and Livelihoods programme, based in Harare,Zimbabwe finished his assignment in January 2005. Godwin joined CIFOR in January 1995 and was also the Regional Coordinator for the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office.
Contributors:
Sven Wunder, Nina Robertson, Purabi Bose, Hary Priyadi, Greg Clough, Ani Adiwinata Nawir, Charlie Pye-Smith, Nina Haase, Anne-Maree Tiani, Chimere Diaw, Paul Stapleton, Carol Colfer, Hiroaki Kuramitsu, Takeshi Toma and Unna Chokkalingam.