Dr Erik Meijaard

University of Queensland / Australian National University

Dr Erik Meijaard has worked in Indonesia as a conservation scientist since 1992 and presently coordinates the Borneo Futures initiative, an influential applied conservation science program that focuses on communicating research result to those that matter: people on the ground and people in power. He holds an MSc degree in Tropical Ecology from the Wageningen Agricultural University, and a PhD degree in Biological Anthropology from the Australian National University (ANU). Academically he is affiliated with ANU, the Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions at the University of Queensland, and the Center for International Forestry Research in Indonesia. Erik is an accomplished scientist and prolific writer on environmental conservation issues, with 156 peer-reviewed papers. He is also a frequent popular writer for Indonesian and international newspapers. Erik’s books include one of the first comprehensive species conservation books in Indonesia, Our Vanishing Relative, on orangutans and their conservation, and Life after Logging, a cutting-edge guide on how to manage timber concessions for conservation.