1. C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e
H e r w a s o n o S o e d j i t o P h D
F o r e s t e c o l o g i s t a n d H u m a n e c o l o g i s t
BIODATA
Home Address : Jl. Arzimar III No. 24 C
Gg. Hamur Ayas, Bantarjati
Bogor 16152, Indonesia
Tel. +62 0251 8358603
Cell 0811119673
E-mail : herwasonosoedjito@yahoo.com
Sex : Male
Date of birth : May 15, 1950 in Kediri, East Java
Nationality : Indonesia
Status : Married with 3 sons
Summary of Expertise
Fields: Human ecology (particularly of Dayak of Kalimantan in the fields of shifting cultivation, local
knowledge, and ethnobiology) and Forest Ecology (particularly nutrient cycling, root systems,
succession of tropical rainforests, forest dynamics), Fire Management.
Particular development competencies: Culture and Conservation, Sustainable Forest Management,
Project design and evaluation.
P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c e
1 June 2015: Retired as Senior Researcher in Forest and Human Ecology at Research Center for
Biology, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Indonesia.
June 2010 – October 2011: Fire, Research and Monitoring Manager – Kalimantan Forests and
Climate Partnership
Responsible to coordinate Unit Fire Management and Unit Research and Monitoring of Kalimantan
Forest and Climate Partnership (KFCP) of Indonesia – Australia Forest Carbon Partnership (IAFCP).
This project is a demonstration area for REDD+ on the Ex-Mega Rice Project in Kapuas District of
Central Kalimantan.
January 2008 – December 2009: Terrestrial Program Director of Conservation International -
Indonesia.
Responsible to coordinate Program Managers and direct their implementation of terrestrial program in
Indonesia. Conservation International is a private, non-profit organization base in Arlington, USA with
mission to conserve the earth’s living natural heritage, our global diversity, and to demonstrate that
human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.
January 2003 – December 2007: Executive Secretary/Director Program of the Indonesian
National Committee for Man And Biosphere Program - UNESCO.
Responsible to direct implementation of program which is developed by the Indonesian MAB National
Committee. This joint effort between Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and UNESCO has

2. objectives to strike a balance between conserving biodiversity, promoting economic and social
development and maintaining associated cultural values in Indonesia, particularly within and
surrounding biosphere reserves. An important book has been published which is SOEDJITO, H (Ed.).
2004. Pedoman Pengelolaan Cagar Biosfer di Indonesia (Guideline for Biosphere Reserve
management in Indonesia). Panitia Nasional MAB Indonesia - LIPI, Jakarta, ISBN 979 3688 21 1.
18 January 2002 – October 2002: Acting BRF Coordinator of the Center for International
Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.
Responsible to manage the BRF (Bulungan Research Forest), to develop a good relation to local
government and institutions, as well as to coordinate CIFOR cooperation with Mulawarman University
a specially in regards with MacArthur grant to the graduate school in Forestry.
September 1999 – October 2002: Site Manager/Scientist the Bulungan Research Forest (BRF) of
the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.
Managing research sites and stations at Seturan and Loreh, Malinau District, East Kalimantan
Province, including financial and human resources management as; assist team of researchers with the
training and supervision of field crews, collection of field data and their analysis, and preparation of
scientific and donor reports related to sustainable forest management efforts in the hill-dipterocarp
forests in East Kalimantan. Specifically to assist in the supervision and co-ordination of field research
and manage day-to-day field activities of the project on Forest Science and Sustainability: the
Bulungan Model Forest; participate and facilitate the organisation of technical training for field staff;
establish a database framework for the project, including remote sensing and other spatially referenced
information. To assist other research activities including landscape assessment studies, adaptive Co-
Management studies, NTFP studies, biological inventory; supervise graduate students field research;
undertake a general survey of BRF and visit and develop collaborations with logging companies in the
field and in their Branch and Head offices, universities, local governments, WWF, Kayan Mentarang
National Park, and NGOs.
1997 - 1998 National coordinator of "ITTO Borneo Biodiversity Expedition 1997",
Collaboration Between the Governments of Indonesia and Malaysia sponsored by International
Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO).
A joint scientific expedition between Indonesian and Malaysian scientists to the Bentuang Karimun
National Park in West Kalimantan and Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary in Sarawak Malaysia. The
expedition conducted in September - November 1997 and produced two books namely: ITTO.
1998.ITTO Borneo Biodiversity Expedition 1997.Yokohama, Japan, and M. Kuswanda. Paul Chai
P.K., and I.N. Surati Jaya. 1999. ITTO Borneo Biodiversity Expedition 1997: Scientific Report.
Yokohama, Japan.
1995 - 1999 Project leader of "Bentuang Karimun National Park Project in West Kalimantan"
PD 26/93 funded by ITTO and implemented by WWF Indonesia for Department of Forestry.
This project is to develop a model of natural forest management through a National Park system that
not only will serve conservation of species and ecosystems, but will also accommodate other purposes
such as the socio-economic development of local and regional communities. This project is also a part
of the development of Bentuang Karimun/Lanjak Entimau Biodiversity Area as the first transfrontier
conservation between Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia. A 25 years management plan for the Betung
Kerihun National Park was developed. In addition, two books were published namely Soedjito, H.
(Ed.). 1999. Flora dan Fauna Taman Nasional Betung Kerihun, Kalimantan Barat (Indonesian: Flora
and Fauna of Betung Kerihun National Park, West Kalimantan). WWF Indonesia-PHPA-LIPI-ITTO
(PD 26/93), Jakarta, pp. iii-88. ISBN 979-95102-2-8, and Soedjito, H. (Ed.). 1999. Prosiding
Lokakarya Rencana Pengelolaan Taman Nasional Bentuang Karimun: Usaha Mengintegrasikan
Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati Dengan Pembangunan Propinsi Kalimantan Barat (Indonesian:
Proceeding of Workshop on Management Plan of Bentuang Karimun National Park: Effort to integrate

3. Biodiversity Conservation with Development of West Kalimantan Province). WWF Indonesia-PHPA-
LIPI-ITTO (PD 26/93), Jakarta, pp. xviii-391. ISBN 979-95102-3-6.
1991 - 1995 Counterpart and Research Coordinator of the World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF) on the Kayan Mentarang Project, East Kalimantan.
The aim of the project was to establish a long-term conservation program for the Kayan Mentarang
Nature Reserve in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Starting to establish field station for long-term research
of forest dynamics and its interaction with people in Lalut Birai, East Kalimantan as well as research
station for biological resources management and its ex-situ conservation in TAHURA Bengkulu.
1995 – 1998: Affiliate Supervisor for Graduate School, Department of Environmental Science,
University of Indonesia. Supervised graduate student to prepare research proposal, conduct field
works, and write a thesis. One student works on ethnoecology of Dayak people in surrounding Betung
Kerihun National Park, West Kalimantan has been supervised and graduated.
1993 – 31 May 2015: Senior Researcher in Forest and Human Ecology at Herbarium Bogoriense,
Research Center for Biology, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibinong, Indonesia.
Conducting research on Human Ecology (particularly of Dayak of Kalimantan in the fields of shifting
cultivation, local knowledge, and ethnobiology) and Forest Ecology (particularly nutrient cycling, root
systems, succession of tropical rainforests, forest dynamics), Culture and Conservation, Sustainable
Forest Management, Project design and evaluation, as well as Fire Management. It tasks also assist and
supervise junior researcher within Research Center for Biology of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences,
as well as advisory member of master and doctorate students to get their degrees from several
universities. In relation with Government of Indonesia, act as team leader when there are collaboration
with Ministry of Forestry for change of forest land status in Indonesia. Collaborating integrated
research with other research institutes both Indonesian and foreign institutions.
1977 – 1993: Researcher in Forest Ecology at Herbarium Bogoriense, Center for Research and
Development in Biology, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Bogor, Indonesia.
Conducting research on Human Ecology (particularly of Dayak of Kalimantan in the fields of shifting
cultivation, local knowledge, and ethnobiology) and Forest Ecology (particularly nutrient cycling, root
systems, succession of tropical rainforests, forest dynamics), Culture and Conservation, Sustainable
Forest Management. It tasks also assist and supervise junior researcher within Research Center for
Biology of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Collaborating integrated research with other research
institutes both Indonesian and foreign institutions.
1979 – 1981: Research fellow in the Indonesian – USA (UNESCO): Man And Biosphere Project
with the title Interactions Between People and Forests in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Its principal
investigator was Prof. Dr. Andrew Pete Vayda and other members were Dr. Kuswata Kartawinata, Dr.
Carrol P. Colfer, Dr. Nancy L. Peluso, Dr. Cynthia McKay, and Mr. Timothy Jessup. Many scientific
papers were published from this project.
Consultancies carried out
Desember 2007. Advisor for selection, preparation of Dayak Malinau art performance “Apo Kayan:
The Dayak Code” directed by Sardono W. Kusumo a special performance in the event of COP 13
UNFCC in Denpasar, Bali – Indonesia.
November 2005 – February 2006. Short-term consultant for Environment Unit of UNDP Indonesia in
writing biodiversity proposal for GEF 4th
round.

4. August 2001. Advisor for feature film of CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) in East
Kalimantan, produced by North South Productions, London, England.
September 1994. Advisor of short documentary film "Dayak and Biodiversity in the Kayan Mentarang
National Park Area", produced by Total Foundation Paris.
February 1993 - July 1993. Consultant of Environmental Management Development in Indonesia
(EMDI)/ Canada on Terrestrial Biodiversity Management.
July 1993. Consultant of JOHN D. and CATHERINE T. MacARTHUR FOUNDATION for
Reviewing of MacArthur grantees in Malaysia and the Philippines.
November - December 1992. Consultant of The Biodiversity Support Program (BSP), Washington
D.C./ USAID on the field of forest ecology on the environmental assessment of the Natural Resources
Management Project (NRMP) at Bukit Baka - Bukit Raya National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
August 1992. Advisor for short documentary film “Dayak And Biodiversity”, produced by SEJATI-
WWF-UNESCO.
June 1990 – June 1991. Selection, preparation, and presentation of East Kalimantan Dayak life for
Festival of Indonesia in USA 1990/1991 (KIAS). Troupe of Dayak from Apo Kayan and Mahakam
participated in Festival of American Folklife; and presented theme of Forest, Fields and Sea; Folklife in
Indonesia. Conducted in the Mall - The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA.
August 1989 – August 1990. Consultant of EXXON Biomedical Sciences Inc., East Millstone, New
Jersey - USA on the field of terrestrial/plant ecology on the Natuna Project, Sumatera, Indonesia.
NGOs Affiliation
1993 - One of the founders of EKUATOR FOUNDATION: The Institute for Art, Environment and
Culture, base in SOLO, Central Java.
1992 - Member of Board Director of SEJATI FOUNDATION: The Institute for Environment and
Culture, base in Jakarta.
Chief Editor of EKOLOGI INDONESIA. A journal for scientific publication of Ecological
Society of Indonesia, Bogor, Indonesia.
Consulting editor of Tropical Biodiversity. A journal for scientific publication of the
Indonesian Foundation for the Advancement of Biological Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Consulting editor of Reinwardtia. A Journal on Taxonomic Botany, Plant Sociology, and
Ecology. Herbarium Bogirense – LIPI, Bogor. ISSN 0034-365X
Consulting editor of Buletin Kebun Raya. A Journal of Biology and Plant Conservation of
Bogor Botanical Garden – Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Bogor. ISSN 0125-961X
Consulting editor of Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology. The Ethnobotanical Society of
Indonesia, Bogor. ISSN 1693-6892
Consulting editor of Berita Biology. A journal for biology scientific publication of the
Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibinong, Indonesia.
ISSN 0126-1754.
GRANT AWARDED

5. 1983 - 1985 Scholarship from Ford Foundation for master degree at Rutgers University, in New
Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
1987 - 1988 Research grant from UNESCO-MAB for Study of Root System and Nutrient Cycling
of Tropical Rainforest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
1987 – 1990 Scholarship from WINROCK for doctorate degree at Rutgers University, in New
Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
1992 Training grant from UNESCO/ROSTSEA-Jakarta. UNDP Ethnobotanist Exchange in
Belem, Brazil. Presented result of study on medicinal plants of Dayaks in East
Kalimantan.
E d u c a t i o n a n d s k i l l s
1990 Ph.D., in Forest Ecology, Department of Ecology, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, USA. Title of dissertation: Root Systems of Successional and Old-growth
Forest Species and Its Role on Nutrients Dynamics within A Tropical Rainforest in
Indonesia.
1985 M.Sc., in Human Ecology, Department of Ecology, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, USA. Title of theses: Succession and Nutrient Dynamics Following
Shifting Cultivation in Long Sungai Barang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
1978 Doctorandus in Biology, Faculty of Math and Natural Sciences, Padjadjaran State
University, Bandung, West Java. Theses on (1) Behavior of Leaf eating monkeys
(Presbytis), (2) Succession after shifting cultivation, and (3) Fungi infection in
traditional medicines (Jamu).
Languages: English, Bahasa Indonesia, Dayak Kenyah
Computer skills: general computer literacy.
S e l e c t e d P a p e r s a n d P u b l i c a t i o n s ( T o t a l 7 5 + )
2015 SOEDJITO, H. 2015. Valuing Traditional Knowledge for Conserving Biodiversity in
Indonesia. Paper presented at the national and international meeting on “Exploring
Frameworks for Tropical Forest Conservation: Managing Production and
Consumption for Sustainability” , organized by Mexico UNESCO Office and Instituto
de Ecologia (INECOL) in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, 6 – 8 December 2015.
SOEDJITO, H. 2015. Shifting Cultivators, Curators of Forests And Conservators of
Biodiversity: The Dayak Of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Malcolm Cairns (Ed.).
Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change: Indigenous People, Agriculture and
Forest Conservation. Chapter 22:420-448, Earthscan Press, the U.K. ISBN 978-0-
415-74605-2 (paperback) 978-0-415-74603-8 (hardback)
2014 SOEDJITO, H. 2014. Valuing Traditional Knowledge for Conserving
Biodiversity in Indonesia. In Parrotta , John A.; Cynthia F. Moser; Amy J. Scherzer;
Nancy E. Koerth And Daryl R. Lederle. 2014. International Forestry Review
“Sustaining Forests, Sustaining people: The Role of Research”. XXIV IUFRO World
Congress, 5 - 11 October 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Abstracts. Vol. 16(5)
2014, p. 59, ISSN 1465-5498.

6. SOEDJITO, H. 2014. Diversitas Pekarangan Masyarakat Dayak Kenyah Umak Lung
Di Desa Setulang, Kabupaten Malinau - Kalimantan Timur (Diversity of Dayak
Kenyak Umak Lung Homegarden in Setulang Village, Malinau District – East
Kalimantan). In press.
2013 Prawiradilaga, D.A. and SOEDJITO, H. 2013. Conservation Challenges in Indonesia.
In Navjot S. Sodhi, N.S.; Gibson, L.; and Raven, P.H. (Eds.). Conservation Biology:
Voices from the Tropics. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., UK, Chapter 16:134-141. ISBN
978-0-470-65863-5. September 2013, Wiley-Blackwell, 288 pages.
2012 SOEDJITO, H. 2012. Mapping and Strengthening Traditional Knowledge In Indonesia. Paper
presented at “International Seminar and Exhibition: Enhancing Grassroots Innovation
Competitiveness For Poverty Alleviation”, Organized by Center for Appropriate
Technology Development – Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and Grassroots
Innovation, 16-18th
October 2012, Yogyakarta – Indonesia.
SOEDJITO, H. 2012. Indonesian Biodiversity Education For All And For Sustainable
Development. Paper presented at “National Workshop on Reorienting Teacher
Education towards EFA and ESD in Indonesia”, Organized by UNESCO Asia and the
Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok, Thailand In Cooperation with
UNESCO Office Jakarta and Indonesian National Commission for UNESCO, July
13th
, Jakarta – Indonesia.
2011 SOEDJITO, H. 2011. Heavy Fuels Data Collection on Community Lands of KFCP
Working Area. Paper presented at “3rd
International Workshop on Wild Fire and
Carbon Management in Peat-Forest Indonesia” organized by JST-JICA and University
of Palangka Raya, 22-24 September 2011 in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan.
Gunawan, W., S. Basuni, A. Indrawan, L.B. Prasetyo, H. SOEDJITO. 2011.
Karakteristik Rumah Tangga, Persepsi, dan Partisipasi Masyarakat Sekitar Terhadap
Kegiatan Restorasi Kawasan Hutan Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango
(Characteristics of households, perception, and community participation surrounding
Gunung Gede Parangrango National Park on Forest Restoration Activities) . Jurnal
Ilmiah Agropolitan 4 (2) : 535 – 546. ISSN 1979-2891.
2010 SOEDJITO, H. 2010. Kearifan Budaya Indonesia Dalam Mengelola Sumberdaya
Keanekaragaman Hayati dan Ekosistemnya (Indonesian Cultural Wisdom in Managing
Biological Diversity and its Ecosystems). Dalam Anonim. 2010. Prosiding Seminar
Nasional Biologi: Peran IPTEK Bidang Biologi Dalam Melestarikan Kearifan
Masyarakat Untuk Mendukung Pemanfaatan Sumberdaya Alam Berkelanjutan.
Jurusan Biologi – Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, Universitas
Padjadjaran, Jatinangor. Pp. 33-44. ISSN 2088-0286.
Erwin A. Perbatakusuma, Jatna Supriatna, Iwan H. Wjayanto, HERWASONO
SOEDJITO, Abdulhamid Damanik, Khairul Azmi, M. Chandra Wirawan Arif, and
Abu H. Lubis. 2010. Strengthening Biodiversity Conservation at Key Landscape
Areas in Northern Sumatra Biodiversity Corridor. Conservation International
Indonesia, Jakarta. ISBN 978-602-8901-01-7, 82 pages.
2009 SOEDJITO, H. 2009. Hutan, Air, Sawah, Dan Pengetahuan Tradisional Masyarakat
Aek Nabara, Di Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan (Forest, Water, Paddy Field, and
Traditional Knowledge of Aek Nabara community, in South Tapanuli District, North
Sumatra). Dalam Purwanto, Y. Dan E.B. Walujo (Eds). 2009. Prosiding Seminar
Nasional Etnobotani IV: Keanekaragaman Hayati, Budaya, dan Ilmu Pengetahuan.
LIPI Press, Jakarta. Pp 42 - 46. ISBN 978-979-799-448-8.

7. SOEDJITO, H. 2009. Tanah Ulen dan Konsep Situs Keramat Alami Studi Kasus di
Desa Setulang, Kabupaten Malinau, Kalimantan Timur (Tanah Ulen and Concept of
Sacred Natural Site: Case Study in Setulang Village, Malinau – East Kalimantan). In
Soedjito, H., Y. Purwanto, E. Sukara (Editor). 2009. Situs Keramat Alami Peran
Budaya dalam Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati (Sacred Natural Sites: The Role
of Culture on Biodiversity Conservation). Yayasan Obor Indonesia, Komite Nasional
MAB Indonesia, dan Conservation International Indonesia, Jakarta, ISBN: 978-979-
461-742-7. pp 267-280.
SOEDJITO, H., Y. Purwanto, E. Sukara (Editor). 2009. Situs Keramat Alami Peran
Budaya dalam Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati (Sacred Natural Sites: The Role
of Culture on Biodiversity Conservation). Yayasan Obor Indonesia, Komite Nasional
MAB Indonesia, dan Conservation International Indonesia, Jakarta, ISBN: 978-979-
461-742-7.
SOEDJITO, H. 2009. Hutan, Air, Sawah, Dan Pengetahuan Tradisional Masyarakat
Aek Nabara, Di Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan (Forests, Water, Rice Fields, and Aek
Nabara Traditional Knowledge). Makalah disampaikan dalam ”Seminar Nasional
Etnobotani IV” tanggal 18 Mei 2009 di Pusat Penelitian Biologi – LIPI, Cibinong,
Jawa Barat.
SOEDJITO, H. 2009. Kawasan Konservasi Tak Sekadar Pelestarian (Conservation
Areas Are Not just Preservation). Buletin Konservasi Alam Edisi II Tahun 2009,
Ditjen PHKA - Departemen Kehutanan. Tanggal terbit 2010-01-21 09:40:04
2008 Onrizal, Ismail, E.A. Perbatakusuma, H. SOEDJITO, J. Supriatna, dan I.H. Wijayanto. 2008.
Struktur Vegetasi dan Simpanan Karbon Hutan Hujan Tropika Primer di Batang Toru,
Sumatra Utara (Vegetation Structure and Carbon Deposit of Batang Toru Primary
Tropical Rainforest, North Sumatra). Jurnal Biologi Indonesia 5 (2): 187-199.
SOEDJITO, H. 2008. Kawasan Kunci Keanekaragaman Hayati Sebagai
Pertimbangan Penting Bagi Penentuan Kawasan Konservasi di Provinsi Nanggroe
Aceh Darussalam (Biodiversity Key Species as an important Consideration for
determining Conservation Areas in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province). Makalah
dipresentasikan pada “Semiloka Pengendalian dan Konservasi Lingkungan Hidup
Menuju “A Green Aceh”, diselenggarakan oleh BRR NAD-Nias tanggal 4-5
November 2008 di Banda Aceh.
SOEDJITO, H. 2008. Indonesian Biosphere Reserves To Linkage Biological And
Cultural Diversity. Poster presented at “The III World Congress of Biosphere
Reserves: Biosphere Futures, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves for Sustainable
Development” in Madrid, Spain, 4 - 9 February 2008. Organized by UNESCO and
The Spanish Minister for the Environment.
2007 SOEDJITO, H. 2007. Pendekatan Kebudayaan: Tempat Keramat Alami (Cultural Approach:
Sacred Natural Sites). In Indrawan, M., R.B. Primack, and J. Supriatna. Biologi
Konservasi (Conservation Biology). Yayasan Obor Indonesia, pp. 548-551. ISBN
978-979-461-288-X.
SOEDJITO, H. 2007. Kode Budaya Konservasi Dayak Kenyah. Dalam “Upaya Lokal
Menjawab Pemanasan Global”, Sisipan Nasional Geographic Indonesia Edisi
Desember 2007, pp. 4-21.
SOEDJITO, H. 2007. Dayak’s Code on Conservation. In Bangun, T. (Eds). 2007.
“Local Wisdom Response to Global Problem”, National Geographic Indonesia, pp.
12-39.

8. SOEDJITO, H. 2007. Ziarah Jalur Pendakian Tertua Nusantara: Eksplorasi Taman
Nasional Gede Pangrango. Dalam “National Geographic Indoesia” Edisi November
2007, pp.
SOEDJITO, H. 2007. Tane Olen and Concept of Sacred Natural Site: Case Study in
Setulang Village, Malinau - East Kalimantan. Paper presented at “Workshop of
Sacred Natural Sites: Role of Culture in Conserving Biodiversities”, organized by Man
and the Biosphere (MAB) Program – UNESCO, Cibodas Botanic Garden, 30-31
October 2007.
SOEDJITO, H. 2007. Research on Indigenous Knowledge in Indonesia: Protecting
Traditional Culture and Conserving Local Biodiversity. Paper presented at the
Ecotone-SeaBRnet 2007 meeting in the Maolan Biosphere Reserve, Libo County,
Guizhou Province of China, 7 to 11 November 2007 organized by MAB UNESCO
2006 SOEDJITO, H. (Ed.) 2006. Kearifan Tradisional dan Cagar Biosfer di Indonesia:
Prosiding Piagam MAB 2005 untuk Peneliti Muda dan Praktisi Lingkungan di
Indonesia (Indonesian: Traditional Wisdom and Biosphere Reserves in Indonesia:
Proceeding of MAB Awards 2005 for Young Scientists and Environment Practitioners
in Indonesia). Komite Nasional MAB Indonesia – LIPI. Pp. 1-17. ISBN 979 3688 62
9
SOEDJITO, H. dan E. Sukara. 2006. Mengilmiahkan Pengetahuan Tradisional:
Sumber Ilmu Masa Depan Indonesia (Indonesian: Scientific Research on Traditional
Knowledge: Source of Science for Indonesian Future). In SOEDJITO, H (Ed.). 2006.
Kearifan Tradisional dan Cagar Biosfer di Indonesia: Prosiding Piagam MAB 2005
untuk Peneliti Muda dan Praktisi Lingkungan di Indonesia (Traditional Wisdom and
Biosphere Reserves in Indonesia: Proceeding of MAB Awards 2005 for Young
Scientists and Environment Practitioners in Indonesia). Komite Nasional MAB
Indonesia – LIPI. Pp. 1-17. ISBN 979 3688 62 9
SOEDJITO, H. 2006. Biodiversity and Cultural Heritage in Sacred Sites of West
Timor, Indonesia. In UNESCO-MAB Proceeding of the Tokyo Symposium:
International Symposium Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity, The Role of
Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes. UNESCO Paris, Pp. 64-67. ISBN
978 923 1040450.
2005 SOEDJITO, H. 2005. Apo Kayan: Sebongkah Sorga di Tanah Kenyah (Indonesian:
Apo Kayan: Piece of Heaven in the Kenyah Land). Himpunan Ekologi Indonesia,
Bogor, ISBN 9-793-68840-8. pp 335.
SOEDJITO, D. 2005. Bioregional Approach In Conserving Big Lakes And Wetlands
In Kalimantan, Indonesia. Paper presented at 2nd
Workshop of MAB-Ecotone Phase II
and 4th
Meeting of SeaBRnet “Integrated ecosystem management - pursuing a quality
economy in Biosphere Reserves with thematic discussions of MAB on Biosphere
Reserve application in large wetland areas in Asia”, in Pakse, PDR Laos, at 3-7
October 2005.
SOEDJITO, H. 2005. Biodiversity And Cultural Heritage In Sacred Sites Of West
Timor, Indonesia. Paper presented on “An International Symposium on Conserving
Cultural and Biological Diversity: The Role of Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural
Landscapes”, 30 May - 2 June 2005, Tokyo – Japan, organized by UNESCO and
UNU.

9. 2004 SOEDJITO, H (Ed.). 2004. Pedoman Pengelolaan Cagar Biosfer di Indonesia (Guideline for
Biosphere Reserve Management in Indonesia). Panitia Nasional MAB Indonesia -
LIPI, Jakarta, ISBN 979 3688 21 1
SOEDJITO, H (Ed.). 2004. Panduan Cagar Biosfer di Indonesia (Handbook of
Biosphere Reserve in Indonesia). Panitia Nasional MAB Indonesia - LIPI, Jakarta,
ISBN 979 3688 22 X
Kuswata, K.; H. SOEDJITO; Wiratno; dan E. Sudarmonowati (Eds.). 2004.
Prosiding Pertemuan Panitia Nasional MAB Indonesia Dan Lokakarya Cagar Biosfer,
Cisarua 19 – 20 Desember 2002. Panitia Nasional MAB Indonesia – LIPI, Jakarta.
SOEDJITO, H. 2004. Challenge and Opportunities For Small Island Biosphere
Reserves in Indonesia. Paper presented in “5th
Meeting of ASPACO: Ecosystem
Management and Biosphere Reserves in Small Islands: Challenges and Opportunities
in the Pacific”, 6 – 10 December 2004, Koror, Republic of Palau, organized by
UNESCO.
2003 SOEDJITO, H. 2003. Challenge And Opportunities For Biosphere Reserves In
Indonesia. Paper presented in “4th
ASPACO Interregional Meeting and Training
Seminar for Chilean Biosphere Reserve Managers”, 6 – 12 November 2003, Olmue &
Juan Fernandez – Chile, organized by UNESCO.
SOEDJITO, H. 2003. Community Use and Conservation of Forest Resources in
Indonesia. Paper presented in “An International Symposium on Biodiversity & Health:
Focusing Research to Policy”, 25 – 28 October 2003, Ottawa, Canada, organized by
University of Ottawa and Tropical Conservancy.
SOEDJITO, H. and Y. Purwanto. 2003. Sacred Sites of West Timor: Treasuries of
Biodiversity and Cultural Heritage. In “The Importance of Sacred Natural Sites for
Biodiversity Conservation” Proceedings of the International Workshop held in
Kunming and Xishuangbanna Biosphere Reserve, People’s Republic of China, 17 – 20
February 2003, UNESCO, Paris: pp. 71-80.
2002 SOEDJITO, H. 2002. Natural Regeneration in Logged-Over Forest at the Reduced
Impact Logging Research Site of BRF, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Proceedings:
International Conference on Restoration of Degraded Forest Ecosystem in Souteast
Asia.ASEAN – Korea Environtmental Cooperation Unit, Seoul National University,
Seoul, Korea., pp. 21
1999 SOEDJITO, H. (Ed.). 1999. Flora dan Fauna Taman Nasional Betung Kerihun,
Kalimantan Barat (Indonesian: Flora and Fauna of Betung Kerihun National Park,
West Kalimantan). WWF Indonesia-PHPA-LIPI-ITTO (PD 26/93), Jakarta, pp. iii-
88.ISBN 979-95102-2-8
SOEDJITO, H. (Ed.). 1999. Prosiding Lokakarya Rencana Pengelolaan Taman
Nasional Bentuang Karimun: Usaha Mengintegrasikan Konservasi
Keanekaragaman Hayati Dengan Pembangunan Propinsi Kalimantan Barat. WWF
Indonesia-PHPA-LIPI-ITTO (PD 26/93), Jakarta, pp. 19-47.ISBN 979-95102-3-6.
SOEDJITO, H. 1999. Rencana Pengelolaan Taman Nasional: Potensi dan Tantangan
Bagi Pembangunan Propinsi Kalimantan Barat (Indonesian: Management Plan of
National Park: Potential and Challenge for Development of West Kalimantan
Province). In H. Soedjito (Ed.) 1999. Prosiding Lokakarya Rencana Pengelolaan
Taman Nasional Bentuang Karimun: Usaha Mengintegrasikan Konservasi

10. Keanekaragaman Hayati Dengan Pembangunan Propinsi Kalimantan Barat. WWF
Indonesia-PHPA-LIPI-ITTO (PD 26/93), Jakarta, pp. 19-47.ISBN 979-95102-3-6.
Supardiyono dan SOEDJITO, H. 1999. Pengetahuan Tradisional dan Etnoekologi
Masyarakat Dayak di Sekitar Taman Nasional Bentuang karimun, Kalimantan Barat
(Traditional Knowledge and Ethnoecology of Dayak Communities Surrounding
Bentuang Karimun National Park, West Kalimantan). In H. Soedjito (Ed.). Prosiding
Lokakarya Rencana Pengelolaan Taman Nasional Bentuang Karimun: Usaha
Mengintegrasikan Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati Dengan Pembangunan
Propinsi Kalimantan Barat. WWF Indonesia-PHPA-LIPI-ITTO (PD 26/93), Jakarta,
pp. 172-201.ISBN 979-95102-3-6.
Rahzen, T. dan SOEDJITO, H. 1999. Strategi Pengembangan Ekoturisme Taman
Nasional Bentuang Karimun (Ecotourism Development Strategy for Bentuang
Karimun National Park). In H. Soedjito (Ed.). Prosiding Lokakarya Rencana
Pengelolaan Taman Nasional Bentuang Karimun: Usaha Mengintegrasikan
Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati Dengan Pembangunan Propinsi Kalimantan
Barat. WWF Indonesia-PHPA-LIPI-ITTO (PD 26/93), Jakarta, pp. 228-248.ISBN
979-95102-3-6.
Partomihadjo, T; Syahirsyah; Albertus; dan SOEDHITO, H. 1999. Flora Pohon dan
Tipe Hutan Taman Nasional Bentuang Karimun, Kalimantan Barat (Tree Flora and
Forest Types of Bentuang Karimun National Park, West Kalimantan). In H. Soedjito
(Ed.). Prosiding Lokakarya Rencana Pengelolaan Taman Nasional Bentuang
Karimun: Usaha Mengintegrasikan Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati Dengan
Pembangunan Propinsi Kalimantan Barat. WWF Indonesia-PHPA-LIPI-ITTO (PD
26/93), Jakarta, pp. 261-281.ISBN 979-95102-3-6.
Paul Chai, P.K.; Partomihardjo, T.; Chua, L.; SOEDJITO, H.; Sysvester, R.; Jawa,
R.; Albertus; Syahirsyah; and Julaihi, L.C.J. A. Forest Classification. In M.
Kuswanda, Paul Chai P.K., and I.N. Surati Jaya. 1999. ITTO Borneo Biodiversity
Expedition 1997: Scientific Report. Yokohama, Japan, pp. 15-48.
1998 SOEDJITO, H. 1998. Biodiversity and Culture of the Dayaks in the vicinity of Kayan
Mentarang National Park, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Poster for International
Symposium on ‘Natural” Sacred Sites: Cultural Diversity and Biological Diversity.
UNESCO-CNRS-MNHN, Paris, 22 – 25 September 1998. pp. 79.
1997 Polosakan, R. and SOEDJITO, H. 1997. Ethnobotany and Home Garden in a Kenyah
Dayak Village in the Upper Bahau River in East Kalimantan. In Sorensen, K.W. and
B. Morris (Eds.). People and Plants of Kayan Mentarang. WWF-UNESCO, Jakarta.
Pp. 123-132.
SOEDJITO, H. 1997. Bentuang Karimun National Park: Integrated Conservation and
Development in Indonesia. Flora Malesiana Bulletin 12(2):49-53.
SOEDJITO, H. 1997. Bundayati Bulungan: An Integrated Ex-Situ Conservation of
Bulungan Resources in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Dedi Darnaedi & Mien A.
Rifai (Eds). Proceedings of the Second Conference of International Association of
Botanical Gardens-Asian Division. Serpong (Indonesia), 6-9 June 1994, pp.39-43.
Citroreksoko, P.; S. Susiarti; and H. SOEDJITO.1997. Medicinal Plants of Dayak in
Long Alango and Long Apan Baru, Bulungan District, East Kalimantan. In
Proceeding of VIIIth Symposium on Medicinal Plant Research. PERHIBA -
BALITTRO, Bogor, 24-25 November 1994, pp. 202-206

11. 1996 SOEDJITO, H. 1996. Masyarakat Dayak: Peladang Berpindah Dan Pelestari
Plasma Nutfah (Indonesian: Dayak Shifting Cultivators are Steward of Genetic
Resources). KONPHALINDO, Jakarta.
SOEDJITO, H. 1996. The Role of Art in Environmental Conservation : Case Study
on Dayak Communities of East Kalimantan. Paper for Scientific Meeting and Festival
for Indonesian Performing Art Association 1996. Tenggarong, East Kalimantan, 23-28
September 1996.
1995 SOEDJITO, H. and Kartawinata, K. 1995. Long-term Ecological Research: Top
Priority for Achieving Sustainable Forest Management in Indonesia. In Richard B.
Primack and Thomas E. Lovejoy (Eds.). Ecology, Conservation, and Management of
Southeast Asian Rainforests. Yale University Press, New Haven, pp. 129-139.
SOEDJITO, H. and Pickett, S.T.A. 1995. Root Systems, Nutrient Dynamics, and
Kenyah Environmental Knowledge. In Christine Padoch and N. L. Peluso (Eds.).
Borneo in Transition: People, Forests, Conservation, and Development. Oxford
University Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 221-229.
Colfer, C.J.P. and SOEDJITO, H. 1995. Food, Forests, and Fields in Bornean
Rainforest: Toward Appropriate Agroforestry Development. In Christine Padoch and
N. L. Peluso (Eds.). Borneo in Transition: People, Forests, Conservation, and
Development. Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 162-186.
SOEDJITO, H. 1995. Coppice And Regeneration of Tropical Rainforest Species in
East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Paper presented in "3rd International Flora Malesiana
Symposium '95", Royal Botanic Gardens, July 10-14, Kew, London.
SOEDJITO, H. 1995. Ethnobotany of the Dayak People in the Kayan Mentarang
Nature Reserve, East Kalimantan Indonesia. Paper presented at "Workshop on
Ethnobotany and the Cultural Context of Natural Resource Use and Agroforestry
Management. 16 March - 3 April 1995, Chiang Mai - Thailand and Xishuangbanna -
China.
SOEDJITO, H. 1995. Dayak Shifting Cultivators are Steward of Genetic Resources.
Paper presented at "Second National Seminar on Ethnobotany", January 23-25,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
1994 SOEDJITO, H. and Purwaningsih. 1994. Forest Regeneration and Shoot Coppicing
Ability of Tropical Rainforest Species, In East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Paper presented
at "The 5th Round Table on Dipterocarps", November 6-10, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
SOEDJITO, H. 1994. Dayak's Shifting Cultivation and Coppicing ability of Tropical
Rainforest Species at Apau Ping, Upper Bahau River, East Kalimantan. Paper
presented at "3rd International Conference Borneo Research Council", July 10-14,
Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
1992 SOEDJITO, H.; Kartawinata, K.; Jessup, T.C.; and MacKie, C. 1992. The Apo
Kayan-Mentarang Biosphere Reserve: A Future Conservation for Development of
Daya Community in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Proceeding of IVth World Congress
on National Parks and Protected Areas, Caracas, Venezuela, 10-21 February1992.
SOEDJITO, H. 1992. Bundayati Bengkulu: A Piece of Biological Resources of
Sumatera. In Proceedings 2th Workshop Sumatera, Environment and Development:

12. Past, Present and Future. SEAMEO - BIOTROP, Bogor, Special Publication
No.46:47-60.
Edi Mirmanto; Sambas, E.N.; and SOEDJITO, H. 1992. Structure and Composition
of Lowland Forest in Bengkulu Province. In Proceedings 2th Workshop Sumatera,
Environment and Development: Past, Present and Future. SEAMEO - BIOTROP,
Bogor, Special Publication No. 46: 101-118.
SOEDJITO, H.; Jessup, T.C.; and Kartawinata, K. 1992. The Proposed Kayan
Mentarang Biosphere Reserve: A New Approach to Culture and Conservation. A
paper of Scientific Research and Managing Change and Continuity, Second Biennial
International Conference. The Borneo Research Council, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah,
Malaysia, July 13-17, 1992.
1991 SOEDJITO, H. 1991. Environmental Knowledge and Biological Diversity in East
Kalimantan. In Peter Seitel (Ed.). 1991 Festival of American Folklife; Forest, Fields
and Sea; Folklife in Indonesia. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., pp. 65-
68.
Padoch, C.; Jessup, T.C.; SOEDJITO, H.; and Kartawinata, K. 1991. Complexity
and Conservation of Medicinal Plants: Anthropological Cases From Peru and
Indonesia. In Olayiwola Akerele, Vernon Heywood and Hugh Synge (Eds.) The
Conservation of Medicinal Plants. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 321-
327.
SOEDJITO, H. 1991. Root Systems in Successional And Old-Growth Forest Species
And Their Role in Nutrient Dynamics within a Tropical Rainforest in Indonesia.
Proceeding of Interactions of People and Forests in Kalimantan: A Scholarly
Conference. The New York Botanical Garden, New York, 21-23 June 1991.
Walujo, E.B.; SOEDJITO, H.; Widjaja, E.A.; and Rifai, M.A. 1991. Penggunaan
Etnoekologi Secuplikan Masyarakat Etnis di Indonesia (Indonesian: Ethnoecological
Used of Some Ethnic Societies in Indonesia). In D.S. Sastrapradja, ,M.A. Rifai
(Eds.). Proc. of the Fifth National Congress of Sciences: Book II Social Dimension.
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, pp.
1989 Colfer, C.J.P.; Gill, D.; Newton, B.; and SOEDJITO, H. 1989. Indigenous Knowledge
Systems Related to Soil Management. In N. Coudle and C.B. McCants (Eds.).
Tropsoil Technical Report 1986-1987, Soil Management Collaborative Research
Support Program. NCSU, Releight, Nort Carolina. pp. 202-221.
SOEDJITO, H.; Jessup, T.C.; Vayda, A.P.; and Kartawinata, K. 1989. Conservation
and Development in the Apo Kayan Region of East Kalimantan, Indonesia: Needs and
Possibilities. Paper presented at "Regional Seminar on Conservation for Development
of Tropical Rainforest in Kalimantan", October 18-19, Samarinda, East Kalimantan,
Indonesia.
1988 SOEDJITO, H. 1988. Dinamika Komunitas Tumbuhan dan Perladangan Berpindah di
Long Segar, Kalimantan Timur (Indonesian: Plant Community Dynamics and Shifting
Cultivation in Long Segar, East Kalimantan). In S. Soemodihardjo (Ed.). Impacts of
Human Activities to Plant Communities in East Kalimantan. The Indonesian Institute
of Sciences (LIPI) - Indonesian National MAB Committee, Jakarta, Contribution. No.
49, pp. 23-36.
SOEDJITO, H. 1988. Beberapa Perbandingan Tumbuhan Pekarangan antara Long
Sei Barang dan Long Segar, Kalimantan Timur (Indonesian: A Comparison of
Homegarden Plants Between Long Sei Barang and Long Segar, East Kalimantan). In

13. S. Soemodihardjo (Ed.). Impacts of Human Activities to Plant Communities in East
Kalimantan. The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) - Indonesian National MAB
Committee, Jakarta, Contribution No. 49, pp. 37-51.
Riswan, S. and SOEDJITO, H. 1988. Api, Perladangan Berpindah, dan Kebakaran
Hutan Kalimantan (Indonesian: Fire, Shifting Cultivation, and Kalimantan's
Forest fire). In S. Soemodihardjo (Ed.). Impacts of Human Activities to Plant
Communities in East Kalimantan. The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) -
Indonesian National MAB Committee, Jakarta, Contribution No. 49, pp. 1-21.
SOEDJITO, H. 1988. Spatial Patterns, Biomass, and Nutrient Concentration of Root
Systems in Primary and Secondary Forest Trees of a Tropical Rainforest in
Kalimantan, Indonesia. In S. Soemodihardjo (Ed.). Some Ecological Aspects of
Tropical Forest of East Kalimantan. The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) -
Indonesian National MAB Committee, Jakarta, Contribution No. 48, pp. 41-59.
Colfer, C.J.P. and SOEDJITO, H. 1988. On Resettlement: From the Bottom Up. In S.
Soemodihardjo (Ed.). Some Ecological Aspects of Tropical Forest of East
Kalimantan. The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) - Indonesian National
MAB Committee, Jakarta, Contribution No. 48, pp. 87-105.
1987 SOEDJITO, H. and Uji, T. 1987. Potensi Flora Hutan yang Kurang Dikenal
(Indonesian: The Potency of Lesser Known Species). In K. Soemarna et al (Eds.).
Proceeding of Workshop on Utilization of Lesser Known Woody Species. Center for
Research and Development in Forestry, Department of Forestry, Jakarta, pp. 15-43.
SOEDJITO, H. 1987. Pendekatan Biologi pada Pengelolaan Hutan Tanaman Industri
(Indonesian: A Biological Approach of Management of Man-Made Industrial Forests).
In Proceeding of the National Seminar on the Threat to the Man-Made Industrial
Forests. University of Indonesia-Forestry Department of Indonesia, Jakarta, pp.36-49.
SOEDJITO, H. 1987. Dinamika Hara Tanah dan Perladangan Berpindah di Long
Segar, Kalimantan Timur (Indonesian: Nutrient Dynamics and Shifting Cultivation in
Long Segar, East Kalimantan). In D.S. Sastrapradja, Alfian, M.A. Rifai and N. Kahar
(Eds.). Proc. of the Fourth National Congress of Sciences: Book III Natural
Resources Dimension. Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, pp. 214-236.
SOEDJITO, H.; Kadarsan, S.; Sastrapradja, D.S.; and Sumarsono, E. 1987. Air
Ciliwung dan Pembenahan Jalur Bogor - Puncak (Indonesian: Ciliwung River Water
and Rehabilitation of Bogor - Puncak Watershed). In D.S. Sastrapradja, Alfian, M.A.
Rifai and N. Kahar (Eds.). Proc. of the Fourth National Congress of Sciences: Book
III Natural Resources Dimension. Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, pp.
461-474.
1986 SOEDJITO, H. 1986. Nutrient Dynamics Following Shifting Cultivation in Long
Sungai Barang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Y. Hady, K. Awang, N.K. Majid, and
S. Mohamed (Eds.). Impact of Mans Activities on Tropical Upland Forest
Ecosystems. Faculty of Forestry - UPM, Selangor, pp. 537-563.
1985 Kartawinata, K.; SOEDJITO, H.; and Sunarto, T. 1985. Studies of Biotic
Communities on Coastal Area of Sumur, West Java: 2. A Remnant of the Hill Primary
Forest. In Proceeding of Symposium on 100th Year Development of Krakatau and Its
Surroundings. MAB- The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, pp. 383-
385.
SOEDJITO, H.; Sunarto, T.; and Kartawinata, K. 1985. Studies of Biotic
Communities on Coastal Area of Sumur, West Java: 3. Homegarden. In Proceeding of

14. Symposium on 100th Year Development of Krakatau and Its Surroundings. MAB -
The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, pp. 383-385.
1984 SOEDJITO, H. 1984. Dinamika Hutan di Long Sei Barang, Apo Kayan, Kalimantan
Timur (Indonesian: Forests Dynamics in Long Sei Barang, Apo Kayan, East
Kalimantan). Berita Biologi 2(8): 161-168.
Kartawinata, K.; SOEDJITO, H.; Jessup, T.; Vadya, A.P.; and Colfer, C.J.P. 1984.
The Impact of Development on Interaction Between People and Forests in East
Kalimantan. A Comparison of Two Areas of Kenyah Dayak Settlement. In J. Hanks,
ed., Traditional Life-styles, Conservation and Rural Development. Gland, Switzerland:
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources/Commission on
Ecology Papers No. 7. The Environmentalistt (Supplement) 7:87-95.
1982 Jessup, T.C.; Hajani, S.S.; Khumaidi, M.; and SOEDJITO, H. 1982. Forest for food.
Phase I. Background Report and Proposal for Research and Development.
Transmigration Area Development Project (TAD) - Materiallien 11, Samarinda,
Indonesia.
1980 Kartawinata, K.; Riswan, S.; and SOEDJITO, H. 1980. The Floristic Change After
Disturbances in Lowland Dipterocarps Forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In J.I.
Furtado (Ed.). Tropical Ecology and Development. International Society of Tropical
Ecology, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 47-54.