Dian Intarini, MSc

I am a forester by education who learnt to think of a long term vision of management as either plantations or conservation. Now, I have come to understand that when we include human dimensions into natural regimes, it is not so simple. My understanding of human and environment interactions  and challenges is gained through practising  and observing  as both a practitioner and academic over the last 17 years. My dream is that humans will be surrounded by healthy forests and society's needs are met. I analyse the challenges of society and environment and how they could work better together.

• PhD candidate, University of Twente Centre for Studies in Technology and Sustainable Development (CSTM) (Netherlands).
• MSc Agricultural Science, Food Security and Natural Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Germany)
• BSc Forestry University of Gadjah Mada, Department of Forest Resource Conservation, Faculty of Forestry (Indonesia)

​My research interests are related to:

• Land tenure
• Community natural resources management
• Participation
• Forest-agroforestry-agriculture land use change
• Non-state policy setting (Forest and agriculture certification)
• Forest Management regimes / forest governance
• Market and supply chain of community products
• Food security and rural development

Research in progress

My PhD research concerns the participation of community forestry in developing Village Forest (the Indonesian Social Forestry) and its application and applicability in regards to potential participation in REDD+ initiatives in Ketapang, West Kalimantan. The research is conducted in continuation of my research activities at CIFOR, where I have been reviewing REDD+ demonstration sites of Ketapang Community Carbon Pools in West Kalimantan. The main topics of the analysis are undertanding level of community participation in developing the SF scheme, challenges and tensions among actors at different levels for implementing REDD+ initiatives, how local people are valuing and managing their forest, how they incorporate their values into community-based forestry management and REDD+ demonstration activity. To what extent all these aspects can affect REDD+ policymaking and its implementation are also covered by the research study.

I have extensive consulting experience with global leaders in natural resource management, such as the Centre for International Forestry Research and the Forest Stewardship Council. I would love to assist / coordinate / evaluate community type project to access their forest/agricultural products into European Market and overall their rural development to meet Global Sustainable Developments or vice versa by respecting Human Rights and ethical principles to complement my PhD research at the University of Twente

Editorial postings

Editor at Journal of Forest and Society