Wildlife Ecotourism in Indonesia
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Jatna Supriatna graduated from the Master’s and Doctoral programs at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States, in 1986 and 1991, respectively, in Biological Anthropology. He pursued post-doctoral research in 1992 at the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Columbia University, New York. Beginning his career as a researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), he became a lecturer and professor at the University of Indonesia. He is actively involved in teaching students and inspiring others to engage in conservation efforts. From 1995 to 2010, he served as Executive Director and later as Vice President of Conservation International in Indonesia. He is recognized as a visionary in the field of conservation. In 2010, he founded the Research Center for Climate Change (RCCC-UI) at the University of Indonesia to tackle the pressing issue of climate change. In 2013, he was appointed Co-chair of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for Indonesia, established by the UN Secretary-General (UN SDSN).
In 2018, he assisted the Dean of FMIPA in establishing the Institute for Sustainable Earth and Resource (ISER) and the SDG Hub (2020) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia, as part of efforts to encourage universities to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). I was then asked by the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Indonesia to lead a new institution called the Institute of Applied Sciences from 2019 to 2022. This institution has become one of the four largest organizations at the University of Indonesia.
He is also a professor of Conservation Biology in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Indonesia. As of 2022, he has taught and supported more than 50 Master’s and Doctoral programs in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and the School of Environmental Sciences, all at the University of Indonesia. He has published over 230 scientific articles in various internationally reputable journals such as Science, Nature, PNAS, Current Biology, Conservation Biology, Scientific Reports, Global Ecology and Conservation, Peer J, International Primatological Journal, The Primates, Sustainability, Discover Sustainability, and others, in addition to 30 books on environmental issues and conservation. He is also an editor for several scientific journals from international organizations, including Tropical Conservation Science (Sage), Wildlife Policy and Law, Parks from IUCN, Asian Primate Journal from IUCN, and Biosphere Conservation (Japan). Most recently, he serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Climate Resilience and Sustainability from the Royal Meteorological Society, England.
In 2012, he was appointed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as a member and then became Chair of the Basic Sciences Commission of the Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) in 2023. In 2021, he was appointed as Executive Director of the Indonesian Science Fund (DIPI) under AIPI. In 2018, he was elected as Chairman of the Indonesian Environmental Intellectuals Association (PERWAKU). Additionally, he served as a member of the University of Indonesia Trustees from 2014 to 2019. From 2019 to the present, he has been appointed as a member of the Sustainable Tourism Council by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. Furthermore, he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of various organizations, including the Yayasan Konservasi Indonesia, The Conversation Indonesia Foundation (TCID), , and the Ecology Foundation in the Riau Islands. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of United in Diversity (UID), Borneo Orangutan Foundation (BOSF), Yayasan Strategi Konservasi Indonesia (YSKI), and others. In the international arena, he has been a member of the Board of Experts of the National University of Singapore-Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions since 2019 and serves as the Co-chairman of the IUCN Southeast Asia Primate Specialist Group.
He received awards from various institutions and universities. He became the best senior researcher at the University of Indonesia in 1993. In 1999, he received a prestigious award from His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, the Most Excellent Order of the Golden Ark, for his dedication to working in the field of environment. In 2009, he received the Presidential B.J. Habibie Award from Indonesia, also known as the Habibie Award, for outstanding achievements in Natural Science research. In 2010, he received the Terry MacManus Award from the United States for his dedication to environmental awareness and actions to preserve nature. In 2011, he received the Achmad Bakrie Award in Science for his commitment to developing the field of Biology and Conservation in Indonesia. In 2017, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Conservation International in the field of Biodiversity Conservation. In 2023, he received the Margot Mash Biodiversity Foundation Award (United States) for his excellence in primate conservation, which was presented at the World Primate Congress in Sarawak. In 2023, he received the Bosscha Medal from the Consortium of Leiden, Delft, and Erasmus Universities in the Netherlands. In 2024, during the University of Indonesia’s Dies Natalis, he received the “Lifetime Achievement in Research” award from the Universitas Indonesia.
The research results of the World Conservation Union-IUCN SSC-Primate Specialist Group members (Dr. Myron Shekelle, Dr. Russel Mittermeier, and friends) immortalized his name in a new tarsier primate species from Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, Tarsius supriatnai. His name is also immortalized in the name of a flying gecko species from the Togean Islands, Central Sulawesi, known as Draco supriatnai by Indonesian researchers during a survey in West Bali. National Park, where a new gecko species was discovered and named the Bali gecko (Cyrtodactylus jatnai).
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