Gabriel Medina, Research Assistant in the Forests and Livelihood Programme since December 2004. Gabriel will continue his earlier research into timber rights negotiations and the impact of timber exploitations on the local consumption of non-timber forest resources. Gabriel has a Masters of Science from the Universiade Federal do Pará, Brazil in 2003.
Soaduan (Edo) Sitorus, joined CIFOR in January as a Research Assistant in the Forests and Livelihood Programme. Edo is involved in the socio-economic monitoring of forest dependent communities in several districts in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. He holds a Masters degree in Forestry from the Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.
Michael Padmanaba ,joined CIFOR as a Research Assistant in the Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forests Programme in January 2005.He assists in the Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment research, information sharing and dissemination. Nobo — as he is known — has a Masters degree in Forestry from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia.
Dr. Habtemariam Kassa ,joined CIFOR in January as a Scientist within the Forests and Livelihood Programme. Habte is based in Addis Ababa and will be involved in the dry forest project. Before joining CIFOR Habte was employed by the Virginia Tech Consortium as an extension associate for a USAID funded project. He holds a PhD in Rural Development Studies from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Dr. Pablo Pacheco, joined CIFOR as a Scientist with the Forests and Governance Programme in February, and is also involved in the Forests and Livelihoods Programme. Pablo is undertaking research on the links between decentralization, the role of forests in local development and local livelihoods. He is a PhD candidate in Geography from Clark University, USA.
Hari Priyadi, has taken up the position of Research Assistant in the Forests and Livelihood Programme. He is involved in the Malinau Research Forests/ITTO project in East Kalimantan. In 2003, Hari obtained his MSc degree in Tropical Forest Resource Management from the University Putra Malaysia.
Kresno Dwi Santosa, joined CIFOR in February as a Research Assistant in the Forests and Livelihoods Programme. Kresno is based in Malinau, East Kalimantan and assist the Malinau Research Forest project. He has a Masters degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Management from Bogor Agricultural University Indonesia.
Piia Koponen, a Finland funded Associate Professional Officer, joined CIFOR in February. She is working jointly between CIFOR's Environmental Services Programme and ICRAF, focusing on biodiversity research. Before joining CIFOR, Piia worked as a researcher with
the University of Helsinki,where she gained a Masters degree in Biology.
Stephen Mupiwi, joined CIFOR ’s Eastern and Southern Africa Office, Zimbabwe in February as an IT Administrator. Prior to joining CIFOR, he was a Computer Engineer at Datronics Distribution in Harare. Stephen has a diploma in Computer Studies from Kwekwe Technical College,Zimbabwe.
Popi Astriani ,has taken up a support and secretarial position with the Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forests Programme. She is assisting the Rehabilitation project and has a degree in International Relations from Muhammadiyah University Indonesia
Yunety Tarigan, has joined the Forests and Governance Programme where she will assist in the areas of decentralization and property rights. Prior to CIFOR Nety was a Secretary in the EU Forest Liaison Bureau in Jakarta. Yunety has a degree in Management from STIE SUPRA, Indonesia.
Eko Prianto joins CIFOR as a Communications Assistant in the Information Services Group, following several years as a CIFOR consultant. Eko is working closely with the Communications team in designing and formatting CIFOR publications. Prior to joining CIFOR, he taught graphic-design in Bogor. Eko has a diploma in Design from Modern School of Design, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Daniela Cláudia Duarte joined CIFOR's Belem office, Brazil, in April where she provides secretarial and administrative services.
Augustine Ouedraogo, joined CIFOR in February as a Secretary at the CIFOR Project Of fice in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.Agustine is assisting CIFOR scientists and support staff working in the Dry Forest Project.
Moving on:
Several colleagues left CIFOR recently. We would like to thank them for their contribution to CIFOR and to wish them every success.
- Jusupta Tarigan ,a Research Assistant in the Forests and Livelihoods resigned in January. He is now with the Tropical Forest Trust ’s office in Semarang, Central Java.
- Takeshi Toma finished his assignment with CIFOR and returned to Japan in March. Toma joined CIFOR in January 2001 and was a Scientist in the Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forests Programme. Fortunately for CIFOR, Toma will continue to collaborate with his CIFOR colleagues in several areas.
- Luca Tacconi finished his assignment as a Scientist in the Forests and Governance Programme in March after four years with CIFOR. Luca is taking up a position of Associate Professor in Environmental Governance at the Asia Paci fic School of Economics and Government with the Australian National University.
- Purnomo Djatmiko resigned from his position as the Facility Services Officer in March 2005 after five years of service with the Center.
- Graci de Oliveira Anjos ,resigned from her secretarial position as in April following seven years with CIFOR's office in Brazil.
Contributors
Charlie Pye-Smith, Greg Clough, Abdon Awono, Daniel Murdiyarso, Hetty Herawati, William Sunderlin, Sven Wunder, Julia Maturana, Hiroaki Kuramitsu, Takeshi Toma, Douglas Sheil, Patrick Nyemeck, Manuel Boissiere, Eva Wollenberg.