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Location	Cambridge, United Kingdom
Introduction	If I were fabulously rich I'd probably be doing something similar to what currently fills most of my time. After an initial interest in waterfowl I moved to studying the endangered Kloss gibbon (and the people) on Siberut Island, west Sumatra. That unwittingly set the course for the rest of my life in terms of commitment to our region. That also resulted in my first 'popular' book; for nearly 20 years I had one or more books on the go. With gibbons behind me, I began work as Advisor in the University of North Sumatra. Seeing the capacity problems facing environmental management in Indonesia, I initiated a series of major ecology books on different areas of Indonesia. Over the following 12 years - most of those in Indonesia - I wrote three of the volumes. Meanwhile I consulted for most of the major development agencies. I came into the Bank through being a consultant for its independent evaluations arm working on land settlement and transmigration issues. I worked at the World Bank as Senior Biodiversity Specialist in East Asia and Pacific Region from 1995 to 2010. From November 2010 I work as the Asia and Pacific Director of Fauna and Flora International.

Location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Introduction

If I were fabulously rich I'd probably be doing something similar to what currently fills most of my time. After an initial interest in waterfowl I moved to studying the endangered Kloss gibbon (and the people) on Siberut Island, west Sumatra. That unwittingly set the course for the rest of my life in terms of commitment to our region. That also resulted in my first 'popular' book; for nearly 20 years I had one or more books on the go. With gibbons behind me, I began work as Advisor in the University of North Sumatra. Seeing the capacity problems facing environmental management in Indonesia, I initiated a series of major ecology books on different areas of Indonesia. Over the following 12 years - most of those in Indonesia - I wrote three of the volumes. Meanwhile I consulted for most of the major development agencies. I came into the Bank through being a consultant for its independent evaluations arm working on land settlement and transmigration issues. I worked at the World Bank as Senior Biodiversity Specialist in East Asia and Pacific Region from 1995 to 2010. From November 2010 I work as the Asia and Pacific Director of Fauna and Flora International.