Rukmantara is a Natural Resource Management Specialist with 28 years’ experience in the field of policy analysis on resource economics, lecturer (Economics, sustainable development), natural resource management and forest certification, forest conservation including carbon conservation, Project development and reviewer in the field of Natural resource management. His core of expertise are policy analysts on resource management economics, forest and plantation certification, sustainable resource management, project budget analyst, and project proposal reviewer. In palm oil sector Mr. Rukmantara also has extensive experience as a review for palm oil projects ranging from supply chain, smallholder training, and certification. He also contributed to the initial development of the HCS toolkit for palm oil.
In addition, Mr. Rukmantara has experiences in project management, including project formulation, project implementation, established stakeholder engagement, and project evaluation under ITTO funded project on Strengthening Forest Company’s capacity to implement Sustainable Forest Management.
Education
- Bachelor degree on Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University
- Master degree on Environmental economics, Wageningen University-the Netherlands
- PhD degree on Agricultural Economics, Bogor Agricultural University
