CURRICULUM VITAE
Name
: Edi Purwanto (Dr, Ir, MSc)
Present Address
: Jl. Labalawo No. 25, Bau-Bau, Buton, SE Sulawesi
Phone
: 0402-25506
HP
: 08129655233
Fax
: 0402-25506
E-mail
: e_purwanto@indo.net.id
Date of birth
: 27/06/1962
Marital status
: Married
Nationality : Indonesian
1. EDUCATION
Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Degree: Ph.D.
Major subjects: natural resources management and conservation
International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) Enschede - The
Netherlands,
1988-1990
Degree: M.Sc, 1988-1990
Major subjects: watershed management, remote sensing and Geo Information System
Bogor Institute of Agriculture, 1981- 1986
Degree: Ir.
Major Subjects: Forestry with special emphasis on natural conservation
2. LANGUAGES
Indonesian
English
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3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I started my work as a lecturer at the School of Environmental Conservation Management/SECM
(Project ATA 90 and HTA 40B/Dutch-Indonesian Project on Natural Conservation and
Watershed Management Training Courses)-Center of Forestry Education and Training (CFET),
Ministry of Forestry. From 1987 - 1993, I was a lecturer/trainer on wildlife ecology, forest
hydrology, soil and water conservation, watershed management, wildlife management, natural
resource conservation in SECM.
I have 20 years experience in hydrological research, education and training program, lecturing
and consulting activities in the field of forestry, biodiversity conservation, forest hydrology, soil
and water conservation, watershed management, socio-economic analysis, participatory
conservation planning in rural areas, criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable management of
natural tropical forests, development of sustainable livelihood models on community living
surrounding conservation areas, education and public awareness on environmental management,
collaborative management and law enforcement on forest crimes.
4. MAIN EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Date: 9/2006 to date
Employer: Operation Wallacea Trust
Duty station: Bau-Bau, Buton, SE Sulawesi
Title position: Director Operation Wallacea Trust
Description of work:
 Setting the overall strategic direction of Operation Wallacea Trust and administers
overall project implementation both in Buton and Wakatobi National Park/District.
 Writing fundraising proposal
Date: 2/2005 to date
Employer: Operation Wallacea Trust
Duty station: Bau-Bau, Buton, SE Sulawesi
Title of Position: Program Manager of the GEF/World Bank Lambusango Forest Conservation
Description of work:
 To lead and manage the project, including recruitment of all project staff, developing the
project strategy and work plans, and meeting the financial and activity reporting
requirements of donors, relevant government agencies and the Operation Wallacea Trust.
 To develop and implement management procedures to ensure that all project activities
and outputs are executed to the highest possible standard.
 To recruit and supervise short-term expert staff as required by the project.
 To manage project staff and ensure appropriate design and implementation of the core
programs including facilitation the development of Lambusango Community Forestry
Management Forum, the development of village based business development, sustainable
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rattan extraction management, environmental education and public awareness,
collaborative protection/law enforcement, biodiversity and social monitoring as well as
capacity building for Indonesian students.
To establish good working relations with Indonesian universities with which this project
will work and to oversee the selection and adequate supervision of Indonesian students.
To ensure that baseline research activities in relation to forest resource use dependency
and social assessment are carried out in a scientifically rigorous way and whose outputs
have direct application to the project.
To ensure the establishment and cohesion of an effectively managed Buton Forest Forum
whose members are committed to working towards the larger goals of the project.
Oversee the development of the Kakenauwe Field Centre for the purposes of both
research and environmental education and to maximize its utilization over the course of
the project.
Maintain an overall positive project profile and where appropriate establish good working
relations with government agencies, civil society organizations and the general public.
To ensure effective channels of outside communication are established by the project
including representing the project at meetings, workshops, seminars, press conferences
and other events as required.
To ensure all staff employed by the program act in a cohesive, diligent and socially
responsible manner that encourages the creation of a positive working environment and
that is in line with the social and environmental setting within which the program will be
based.
To ensure positive working relations with Operation Wallacea Trust staff responsible for
overseeing the project and that all aspects of the project are carried out in a transparent
and accountable manner.
Date: 6/2002 to 12/2004
Employer: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Duty station: Bogor
Title of Position: Program Manager of the Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesia Program
(WCS-IP).
Description of work:
(1)Human resources; conducting oversight and administration of program activities relating to
policy including budgeting, project development, staff management, financial and contracts
administration; (2) reporting to donors, government agencies; (3) maintaining good
communications and coordination; (4) developing a coordinated central work plan; (5)
negotiating contracts and agreements; administering maters related to visas and permits; (6)
maintenance of confidential employee records; (7) being responsive to staff concerns and
keeping them informed about personnel issues. (8) coordinating of the annual/performance
evaluations; (9) maintaining a grading system for staff evaluations; (10) supervising support staff
in Bogor as well as administrative staff in field offices; (11) improving country program
operations through the disciplined analysis of program outcomes and adapts program objectives
and strategies in response to experience and changing conditions (12) producing material to
promote the country program (13) fund raising.
Date: 1/2001 to 5/2002
Employer: International Tropical Timber Organization [ITTO PD 89/90 (F)]
Duty station: Samarinda, East Kalimantan
Title of Position: Research Advisor on Field-Testing of ITTO’s C&I for Sustainable Tropical
Forest Management
Description of work : (1) Develop Research Design and Manual for Data Collection (2)
Coordinator of Research activities (3) Writing technical report to ITTO and Ministry of
Forestry.
Date: 5/1999 to 12/2000
Employer: International Tropical Timber Organization [ITTO PD 89/90 (F)]
Duty station: Bogor
Title of Position: Training Advisor on Developing Lecture Notes of ITTO’s C&I for Sustainable
Tropical Forest Management
Description of work: (1) Develop training material and modules on Criteria and Indicator for
Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forest in Indonesia. (2) Conduct training on
Criteria and Indicator for Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forest for public Sector
in Pekanbaru and Samarinda. The target group of the training is government official (Echelon
IV) working in the District Forestry Service.
Date: 10/1993 to 12/1999
Employer: Free University Amsterdam/The Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of
Tropical Research (Wotro grant no. W76-193).
Duty station: Malangbong, Garut, West Java
Title of position: Project Manager of the Cikumutuk Hydrology and Erosion Research
Description of work: Managing scientific research on erosion, hydrology, soil conservation,
socio-economic and farming system analysis in rainfed agriculture. This research included all
aspects of erosion, identification of key-problems on the reluctance of applying better soil
conservation measures for smallholder rainfed agriculture in West Java in general and in the
study area in particular.
Date: 1/1987 – 9/1993
Employer: Ministry of Forestry
Duty station: Bogor-West Java
Title of position: Lecturer
Description of work: Teaching in hydrology, climatology and wildlife ecology at the School of
Environmental Conservation Management/SECM
5. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (mostly in English)
Purwanto, E., 2005. Basic relationships between forests and watershed functions. In Fahmuddin
Agus, Farida and Meine van Noordwijk (editor), Hydrological Impacts of Forest, Agroforestry
and Upland Cropping as a Basis for Rewarding Environmental Service Providers in Indonesia.
ICRAF, Bogor.
Purwanto, E., 2004. Managing Way Seputih and Way Sekampung River Basin for Wildlife and
Watershed Conservation; where the synergy between wildlife and watershed conservation coexist. Technical Report. Good Governance in Water Resource Management, European Union,
(IND/RELEX/2000/2104), Lampung.
Purwanto, 2002. Problems in Watershed Management, in Agus, F., Gintings and van Noordwijk
(editor). Alternative Agroforestry/Soil Conservation for coffee based agriculture in Sumberjaya,
Lampung Barat. ICRAF, Bogor.
Purwanto, E., 2002. Rainwater Harvesting for Flood Prevention. Center for Soil and
Agrometerological Research. Bogor (in Indonesian).
Purwanto, E., 2001. Managing Rainfed Agriculture in Indonesia. Center Forestry Education and
Training (CFET/Pusdiklat Kehutanan), Bogor (in Indonesian).
Purwanto, E., 1999. Erosion, Sediment Delivery and Soil Conservation in an Upland
Agricultural Catchment in West Java, Indonesia. A hydrological approach in a socio-conomic
context. PhD Thesis, Free University, Amsterdam.
Purwanto, E. & L.A. Bruijnzeel, 1998. Soil Conservation on rainfed bench terraces in upland
West Java, Indonesia : Towards a New Paradigm. Advances in GeoEcology 31:1267 – 1274.
Bruijnzeel, L.A., Van Eijk, B. & E. Purwanto, 1998. Runoff and soil loss from bench terrace in
upland West Java, Indonesia and implications for process modeling. IAHS Publication No.
249:211-220.
Purwanto, E., 1998. Review of the problems of smallholder upland agriculture in West Java.
CHERP Working Paper No. 16
Purwanto, E., 1998. Problems of smallholder upland agriculture in West Java: A case Study in
the Cilampuyang Village. CHERP Working Paper No. 17
Bruijnzeel, L.A. & E. Purwanto, 1997. The Cikumutuk catchment, Malangbong, West Java,
Indonesia: A new ‘hotspot’ for upland hydrological and erosion research in Southeast Asia.
Contour IX: 15-18.
Purwanto, E., 1996. Erosion, sediment delivery and soil conservation in an upland agricultural
catchment in West Java. Background and methodology. CHERP Working Paper No. 1
Purwanto, E., 1996. Sediment delivery in the volcanic uplands of Java; A case study in the
Cikumutuk catchment, Malangbong-Garut, West-Java. CHERP Working Paper No. 6
Purwanto, E & H. Holwerda., 1997. Guide for sediment yield data collection and processing for
small catchment. CHERP Working Paper No. 9
Purwanto, E. & N.H.W. Donker, 1991. Semi-distributed hydrologic modeling of the humid
tropical upper Cimandiri catchment (West Java) Using the HEC-1 Model. ITC Journal, 4:241253.
Purwanto, E., 1990. Contribution to the hydrology of Cimandiri catchment with special emphasis
on hydrological modeling. MSc thesis, ITC-Enchede, The Netherlands.
6. SEMI-POPULAR PUBLICATION (in Indonesian)
Purwanto, E, 2007e.‘Hunting and natural forest extinction’, Lambusango Lestari Newsletter.
Special Edition, January 2007.
Purwanto, E, 2007d.’Saving Indonesian Wildlife’, Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Special
Edition, January 2007.
Purwanto, E, 2007c.‘Learning from Hornbill’, Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Special Edition,
January 2007.
Purwanto, E, 2007b. Learning from Fiq trees’, Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Special Edition,
January 2007.
Purwanto, E, 2007a.Loving Birth in their natural life’, Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Special
Edition, January 2007.
Purwanto, E, 2006n.‘Strengthening Farmers Institution’, Lambusango Lestari Newsletter.
Twelfth Edition, September 2006.
Purwanto, E, 2006m.‘Conservation, Poverty and Social Transformation’, Lambusango Lestari
Newsletter. Eleventh Edition, August 2006.
Purwanto, E, 2006l. ‘Social Forestry’ and community development. Kendari Pos, 2 September
2006.
Purwanto, E., 2006k. Selling without destroying. Kendari Pos, 17 and 19 June 2006.
Purwanto, E, 2006j. Rainwater harvesting to prevent flood hazards, Kendari Pos, 10 March
2006.
Purwanto, E., 2006i. Developing ecotourism market for Buton Island. Lambusango Lestari
Newsletter Ninth Edition, June 2006.
Purwanto, E., 2006h. Green Nationalism. Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Seventh Edition,
April 2006.
Purwanto, E., 2006g. Environmental impacts of natural forest conservation to oil palm
plantation. Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Seventh Edition, April 2006.
Purwanto, E., 2006f. What is Wallacea? Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Eight Edition, May
2006.
Purwanto, E., 2006e. Unique phenomenon in the Padang Kuku forest. Lambusango Lestari
Newsletter. Eight Edition, May 2006.
Purwanto,E., 2006d.Synchronizing development with forest resources conservation. Lambusango
Lestari Newsletter. Sixth Edition, March 2006.
Purwanto, E., 2006c. Preventing manmade natural disaster. Lambusango Lestari Newsletter.
Fifth Edition, February 2006.
Purwanto, E., 2006b. Preventing manmade natural disaster. Lambusango Lestari Newsletter.
Fifth Edition, February 2006.
Purwanto, E, 2006a. Business for conservation. Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Forth Edition,
January 2006.
Purwanto, E, 2005e. Why do many western scientists love Lambusango Forests? Lambusango
Lestari Newsletter. Third Edition, December 2005.
Purwanto, E, 2005d. Operation Wallacea: Starting in Buton, now has become world ecotourism
business company. Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Second Edition, November 2005.
Purwanto, E, 2005c. Operation Wallacea: Promoting ecotourism to save Lambusango Forest.
Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. Second Edition, November 2005.
Purwanto, E, 2005b. 12 important notes on Lambusango Forest. Lambusango Lestari
Newsletter. Second Edition, November 2005.
Purwanto, E, 2005a. Introduction to Lambusango Forest Conservation Program: Empowered
community protects their forests. Lambusango Lestari Newsletter. First Edition, October 2005.
Purwanto, E., 2001a. Forest management in the decentralization era in West Java: No Forest
No Future, Surili-21-2001.
Purwanto, E., 2002a. Save water movement to prevent floods (part-1). Surili-32-2002.
Purwanto, E., 2002b. Save water movement to prevent floods (part-2) , Surili-33-2002.
Purwanto, E., 2001. Valuation of forest resources. MKI, September, 2001
Purwanto, E., 2000. Reflection on Land rehabilitation, Duta Rimba, March
Purwanto, E., 1998b. Poverty alleviation in upland areas. Pikiran Rakyat, 26 March
Purwanto, E., 1998a. Drought and forest fires. Duta Rimba March/213/XXIII/1998
Purwanto, E., 1997a. Myths of regreening program in Indonesia. Pikiran Rakyat 5 January
Purwanto, E., 1997b.Reformulation of natural resource management. Pikiran Rakyat, 15
December
Purwanto, E., 1997c.Disintensification and restoration of rainfed land in Java. KOMPAS, 31
July
Purwanto, E., 1997d. Floods and (de) forestation. Bandung Pos, 18 April
Purwanto, E., 1996a. Regreening in Indonesia; ‘Back to Basics’. Pikiran Rakyat, 28 May
Purwanto, E., 1996b. Myths of rainfed bench terraces. Pikiran Rakyat, 10 June
Purwanto, E., 1996c. Myths of critical land. Pikiran Rakyat, 5 August
Purwanto, E. 1994a. Myths of deforestation. Republika, 7 June
Purwanto, E., 1994b.Watershed management for saving water quantity. Duta Rimba 171172/IX/1994
Purwanto, E. 1993. Forest Plantation Development in the outer islands. KOMPAS. 7 August
7. Publication on Research Design and Manual (in Indonesian and English)
Purwanto, E., 2003. Forest Management and Social Problems in Kalimantan: The Dynamics of
Social Problems for Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forests. International Tropical
Timber Organization/ITTO, Jakarta.
Purwanto, E., 2003. Research design on field-testing of the Ministry of Forestry’s C&I for SFM.
Kalimantan Forestry Research Institute and International Tropical Timber Organization/ITTO,
Jakarta.
Purwanto, E., 2003. Manual for data collection on field-testing of the Ministry of Forestry’s C&I
for SFM. Kalimantan Forestry Research Institute and International Tropical Timber
Organization/ITTO, Jakarta.
Purwanto, E., 2003. Manual for data verification and analysis on the field-testing of the Ministry
of Forestry’s C&I for SFM. Kalimantan Forestry Research Institute and International Tropical
Timber Organization/ITTO, Jakarta.
8. Publication on Training Materials/Modules (in English and Indonesian)
Purwanto, E., 2001. Summary of Training Module: Criteria and Indicator for Sustainable
Tropical Forest Management (Production Aspect). Center of Forestry Education and Training,
Bogor. (in English)
Purwanto, E., 2001. Summary of Training Module: Criteria and Indicator for Sustainable
Tropical Forest Management (Ecology and Socio-economic Aspect). Center of Forestry
Education and Training, Bogor. (in English)
Purwanto, E., 2002. Summary of Training Module: Forest Fires Prevention for Local
Community. Center of Forestry Education and Training, Bogor. (in English)
Purwanto, E., 2002. Summary of Training Module: Forest Fires Prevention for Non Government
Organization. Center of Forestry Education and Training, Bogor. (in English)
Purwanto, E. and J. Ruijter, 2003. Micro-Catchment Management. Lecture Note. International
Center for Research in Agroforestry /ICRAF (in English).
Purwanto, E., 2002. Criteria and Indicator for Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical
Forest for Public Sector (ITTO, 1998): Main Training Material. Center of Forestry Education
and Training, Bogor (in Indonesian).
Purwanto, E., 2002. Criteria and Indicator for Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical
Forest of ITTO version for Public Sector: Supporting Training Material for Conservation and
Socio-economic Criteria and Indicators. Center of Forestry Education and Training, Bogor (in
Indonesian).
Purwanto, E., 2002. Criteria and Indicator for Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical
Forest of ITTO version for Public Sector : Supporting Training Material for Forest Production
Criteria and Indicators. Center of Forestry Education and Training, Bogor (in Indonesian)
Purwanto, E., 2002. Training modules on Criteria and Indicator for Sustainable Management of
Natural Tropical Forest for Public Sector. Center of Forestry Education and Training. Bogor (in
Indonesian)..
Purwanto, E., and Sigit Wijanarko, 2000. Training modules on Soil and Water Conservation.
Distant Learning (Open) University, Jakarta (in Indonesian).
Purwanto, E. and Sigit Wijanarko, 2002. Training modules on Agroforestry. Distant Learning
(Open) University, Jakarta (in Indonesian).
Purwanto, E. and Sigit Wijanarko, 2000. Training modules on Land Rehabilitation. Center of
Forestry Education and Training, Bogor (in Indonesian).
9. Books Publication (mostly in Indonesian)
Purwanto, E., 2001. The Hydrological Effects of Deforestation in Indonesia; Myths, Risks and
Implication. BIGRAF Publishing, Yogyakarta. 193 pp.
Purwanto, E., 2003. Understanding socio-economic problems on sustainable natural tropical
forest management in Kalimantan. Kalimantan Forestry Research Institute and International
Tropical Timber Organization/ITTO, Jakarta. 124 pp.
Singer, H.A. and E. Purwanto, 2006. Mistery of biodiversity richness of Lambusango Forests.
Lambusango Forest Conservation Program, Operation Wallacea Trust. Bau-Bau, Buton. 118 pp.
Purwanto, E., 2007. Green Nationalism: Conservation messages from Lambusango.
Lambusango Forest Conservation Program, Operation Wallacea Trust. Bau-Bau, Buton. 182 pp.
Purwanto, E. and H.A. Singer, 2007. Mistery of biodiversity richness of Lambusango Forests.
Buton, SE. Sulawesi, Indonesia. Hull University, UK. (in English). 112 pp.
10. Project Progress Reports (in English)
Purwanto, 2005. 2nd Progress (January-March 2005) and Implementation Plan Report.
Lambusango Forest Conservation Project (GEF-MSP No. TF 054815). March 31, 2005, BauBau, Buton. 43 pp.
Purwanto, 2005. 3rd Progress (April-June 2005) and Implementation Plan Report. Lambusango
Forest Conservation Project (GEF-MSP No. TF 054815). June 30, 2005, Bau-Bau, Buton. 149
pp.
Purwanto, 2005. 4th Progress (July-September 2005) and Implementation Plan Report.
Lambusango Forest Conservation Project (GEF-MSP No. TF 054815). October 14, 2005, BauBau, Buton. 63 pp.
Purwanto, 2005. 5th Progress (January-March 2006) and Implementation Plan Report.
Lambusango Forest Conservation Project (GEF-MSP No. TF 054815). January 12, 2006, BauBau, Buton. 58 pp.
Purwanto, 2006. 6th Progress (January-March 2006) and Implementation Plan Report.
Lambusango Forest Conservation Project (GEF-MSP No. TF 054815). April 28th , 2006, BauBau, Buton. 59 pp.
Purwanto, 2006. 7th Progress (April-July 2006) and Implementation Plan Report. Lambusango
Forest Conservation Project (GEF-MSP No. TF 054815). July 31st 2006, Bau-Bau, Buton. 72
pp.
Purwanto, 2006. 8th Progress (August-November 2006) and Implementation Plan Report.
Lambusango Forest Conservation Project (GEF-MSP No. TF 054815). November 30, 2006,
Bau-Bau, Buton. 43 pp.
Purwanto, 2006. Lambusango Forest Conservation Project: Which way forward? Summary,
Analysis and Outlooks. The report is submitted to World Bank Staff supervision mission (4-10
December 2006). December 4, 2006, Bau-Bau, Buton. 33 pp.
Purwanto, 2006. 9th Progress (December 2006-March 2007) and Implementation Plan Report.
Lambusango Forest Conservation Project (GEF-MSP No. TF 054815). April 5, 2007, Bau-Bau,
Buton. 39 pp.
Kuswanda, M and E. Purwanto, 2003. Completion Report: Sustainable Forest Management and
Human Resources Development in Indonesia Phase II. ‘ITTO [PD 89/90 (F)]’