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CHAPTER 4 KUPANG, EAST NUSA TENGGARA MULTISTAKEHOLDER FORESTRY Steps for Change viii FREDY WAHON Fredy Wahon was born in East Flores on 18 January 1970. After completing his studies at Nusa Cendana (Undana) University in Kupang in 1994, he began a career in journalism and has worked with the daily newspapers Nusa Tenggara, Novas in Dili, East Timor, Surya Timur in Kupang, Siwalima in Ambon, Radar Timor, the tabloid SAKSI in Kupang, and the Kupang News. Now this father of two is manager of the Multistakeholder Forestry Programme in the Research and Advocacy Institute (LAP) Timoris, which he established in 1999. He is also publishing coordinator of the tabloid Lembata Pos. HELMI Helmi was born on 6 June 1971 in Campang Tiga, Cempaka Subdistrict, Ogan Komering Ulu District in South Sumatra. After completing his primary schooling in his home village, he moved to Jambi where he lives today. He is secretary of the Jambi Regional Autonomy Law and Policy Study Centre (PSHK-ODA). This law undergraduate has been dean of the Jambi University Faculty of Law since 1998. He has gained invaluable experience in forestry policy since becoming active in PSHK-ODA. In 2005 he was one of the civil society organisation representatives entrusted with visiting a number of countries in Europe to talk about the eradication of illegal logging in Indonesia.

Ucapan terimakasih secara spesifik disampaikan oleh setiap penulis di akhir tiap tulisannya. Meski demikian kami merasa perlu menyampaikan terimakasih sedalam-dalamnya kepada Multistakeholders Forestry Programme (MFP)-program kerjasama kehutanan antara Departemen Kehutanan Republik Indonesia dan Department for International Development Kerajaan Inggris. MFP mendanai seluruh kegiatan lokatulis hingga diterbitkannya buku ini melalui Proyek Adaptive Collaborative Management di Jambi, khususnya komponen peningkatan kapasitas mitra. Seluruh kontributor dan editor juga berterima kasih kepada lembaga-lembaga tempat kami masing-masing bekerja, atas dukungannya berupa saran dan panduan dalam analisa dan penulisan, serta dukungan operasional. Seluruh tulisan dalam buku ini merupakan pandangan individual penulis, dan tidak mewakili pandangan ataupun kebijakan donor serta lembaga-lembaga yang terlibat. Secara khusus kami berterimakasih kepada Rahayu Koesnadi, Mohammad Agus Salim, Novasyurahati, Atie Puntodewo, Meiling Situmorang dan Gideon Suharyanto dari CIFOR, serta Tri Nugroho dan Hasbi Berliani dari MFP yang telah membantu proses penerbitan, dari persiapan lokatulis hingga pencetakan buku ini.