Experts & Staff

WRI brings together nearly 1,900 staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, economics, finance, governance and more. Our staff and researchers work globally and in 12 focus countries to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities.

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16 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Bukti Bagja

Supply Chain and Livelihood Transformation Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia

Bukti Bagja

Charles (Chip) Barber

Director, Natural Resources Governance and Policy

Roman Paul Czebiniak

Director, Nature Based Solutions & Climate Private Sector

Roman Czebiniak

Pulakesh Das

Senior Project Associate, WRI India

Rizky Firmansyah

GIS Analyst, WRI Indonesia

Rizky Firmansyah

Hidayah Hamzah

Manager For National Plastic Action Partnership, WRI Indonesia 

Tomi Haryadi

Director for Food, Land and Water (FLW) Program, WRI Indonesia

Tomi Haryadi.

Rakhmat Hidayat

Sumatra Regional Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia

Rakhmat Hidayat

Serge Rafanoharana

Remote Sensing & Database Manager, Madagascar Program

Serge Rafanoharana

Dwiki Ridhwan

Land Use Governance and Social Forestry Lead, WRI Indonesia

Mila Khaerunnisa Rizqiani

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Financing Research Analyst, WRI Indonesia

Anne Rosenbarger

Global Engagement Manager, Global Forest Watch Commodities and Finance

Anne Rosenbarger.

Tjokorda Nirarta "Koni" Samadhi

Country Director, Indonesia

Nirarta Samadhi

Rod Taylor

Global Director, Forests

Rod Taylor.

Foni Tungga

Project Operations Assistant

Foni Tungga.

Arief Wijaya

Program Director, WRI Indonesia

Arief Wijaya.
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