Speaker

Mr. Kenichi Shono

Mr. Kenichi Shono is currently working as Forest Resources Officer at FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.  He has broad experience in forest management and conservation including project coordination, research and policy analysis. Mr. Shono first gained experience as field researcher conducting an ecological study on big-leaf mahogany for CIFOR. Subsequently, he coordinated a research project on forest restoration in Singapore for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Shono worked as Associate Professional Officer at FAO. From 2008 to 2013, he worked for PT Hatfield Indonesia as Senior Forestry Specialist and Technical & Operations Director where he managed and provided inputs to a range of forestry-related projects including forest certification and carbon project audits, biodiversity assessments, high conservation value assessments, forest restoration, carbon stock assessments, REDD+ project feasibility studies, etc.