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China
2010-2011 - Cohort 16
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Brazil
2009-2010 - Cohort 15
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Wanessa is Brazilian, has a bachelor’s degree in International Relations, and she’s on the New Earth Leaders (NEL) program. The NEL is a partnership between Brazil and the Netherlands, a leadership program in which young professionals use the Earth Charter as an ethical framework for solving sustainable business cases and growing as sustainability leaders. Among other attributions at the World Bank, Wanessa is working to make the Brazilian office a reference in green culture and sustainable practices. She has a background in events organization to international trade promotion and experience in the financial and banking sectors. She believes in the positive power of international cooperation between countries, and that knowledge must be shared.
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China
2009-2010 - Cohort 15
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China
2009-2010 - Cohort 15
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China
2009-2010 - Cohort 15
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Pakistan
1999-2001 - Cohort 8
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Since November 2005, Mr. Khan is working in dual capacity as the Chief Technical & Commercial Officer and as Chief Financial Officer of Star Power Generation Limited (SPGL). SPGL is an Independent Power Producer (IPP) and is in the process of setting up two medium size power projects (one 133MW gas-fired and the other 150MW run-of-river hydropower)in Pakistan. Mr. Khan is responsible for the technical, commercial, financial and contractual functions.
Before joining this company, he had been working as Professional Engineer in Pakistan WAPDA, a vertically integrated electricity utility, since June 1992. His interests include design of regulatory regimes and competitive electricity market. Mr. Khan has done BSc in Electrical Engineering (Pesh. Pak), MSc in Controls (UMIST, UK), and holds an MBA degree (LUMS, Pak). |
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Pakistan
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Dr. Wasim Azhar is the Professor of Business Policy and Marketing, as well as the Dean, at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) since 1989. Dr. Azhar has also served as a faculty member at Wake Forest University, Swarthmore College, Kean University, and the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Dr. Azhar received his Ph.D. and his M.Sc. in systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Here he also obtained an additional Masters in Computer and Information Sciences. Dr. Azhar received his MBA from Wake Forest University, USA. Besides being a member of the Board of Governors of LEAD-Pakistan, is also a member of organizations such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the American Marketing Association, the American Production Inventory Control Society (APICS), the American Mathematical Association and MENSA, an international forum for intellectual exchange.
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2008-2009 -
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I work as a Climate Change Projects Officer for Derby City Council in England, UK. I am responsible for implementing the Council’s Corporate Climate Change Agenda and ensuring that the Council remains on the path to sustainability by offering the public with climate change mitigation and adaptation options.
I am responsible for managing the Local Area Agreement National Indicator 186 on reducing the City’s carbon emissions. This is a national obligation on Local Authorities to manage their carbon footprint with a view to reducing energy demand in industry and households across the local Authority area. I also promote sustainable procurement within the council to ensure that the Council reduces its budgetary constraints by procuring goods and services that have minimal embedded energy and give off minimal carbon emissions (carbon neutrality being the ambition) I am also involved with organising the Council’s environmental volunteers called Climate Champions. The fight against climate change has a lot to do with changing people’s perceptions and attitudes. It is therefore of paramount importance for the Council employees to be proactively engaged in a bid to influence their attitude towards energy efficiency and related matters. This is the role that I play via the climate champions who take the climate change agenda to their work colleagues. I also work towards identifying sources of funding for the Council’s climate change projects and making the applications where necessary. Prior to this role I worked with Nottinghamshire County Council as a Project Development Officer for Sherwood: the Living Legend Project. This was a ground breaking project whose aim was to safeguard the ecology of Sherwood Forest, the famous home of the medieval outlaw: Robin Hood. Sherwood Forest is a popular tourist destination but increasing visitor numbers were beginning to exert a negative impact on the forest ecology which has some rare fauna as well as ancient oaks, the oldest of which is believed to be more than 800 years old. Before moving to the United Kingdom I worked in Zimbabwe for a Local Authority in conjunction with a local environmental NGO whose aim was to foster a greater sense of Community Based Natural Resources Management. Through the activities of this NGO I was involved in pioneering research work in Zimbabwe Eastern Highlands on the commercialisation of a herbal plant that was traditionally used for various purposes including as a tea. The project involved processing the leaves into a product that could be sold as a commercial tea. This was the first project of its first kind and it gave birth to a now very popular herbal tea called Makoni Tea (named after the local chief). The successful commercialisation motivated the locals to conserve the shrub and many people then stopped the traditional bush burning for pastures as this would destroy the plant. As a result the project area has seen a revival of the forest area. Upon completing my A Levels I trained as a Forester at the Zimbabwe College of Forestry (1997) and briefly worked as a Social Forester with the Forestry Commission in 1998 before diverting to environmental management and later on undertook a BSc in Environmental Studies (2003). I graduated with an MSc in Environmental Management from the University of Nottingham in 2006. In the long term I intend to carry out post grad research in Sustainable Development Advocacy. |
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China
1996-1998 - Cohort 5
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DING Wei currently works for the China Raw Silk Importing and Exporting Corporation, where she deals with aspects of international trade and sales in India, Thailand, Bangladesh, and several countries in the Middle East. Her previous position within the company was in silk export administration. It was there that she first began to take note of the pollution and resulting development problems caused by the Chinese silk industry. Through the LEAD program, she would like to address and solve these types of industrial problems. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of International Business and Economy in 1992.
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China
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China
2001-2003 - Cohort 10
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LIU Wei is Vice-President for Operations at the Shenzen headquarters of Environmental Protection Promotion Association (EPPA), a subsidiary company of Trigo Enterprises Ltd. She handles the administrative work of the office, communications and coordination with the project owners for biddings of municipal projects and the preparation of bidding documents. She also identifies potential investors for 'BOT mode' municipal wastewater treatments projects, in which the contractor controls the project during the agreement phase; prepares project proposals; and assists the company president during business trips at home and abroad.
Wei majored in English at Wuhan University, and has both taught English at Wuhan Urban Construction Institute and worked as a translator. |
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China
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China
1996-1998 - Cohort 5
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China
2006-2007 - Cohort 12
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China
1995-1997 - Cohort 4
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China
1992-1994 - Cohort 1
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ZHAO Wei (Cohort 1, China), is an Environmental Affairs Officer at the Division of Technology, Industry and Economics of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Outposted at UNEP's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, she coordinates the activities that apply environmental management strategies in industrial activities with specific focus in the Asia and the Pacific region. Before moving to the regional office, she was at the Paris of of UNEP DTIE in the Production and Consumption Branch. Her specific activities were alternative economic development models, agrifood sector, and environmental management of industrial parks. Prior to this position, she worked as project manager for technology transfer in a Chinese state owned consultant firm. Ms. ZHAO was programme officer in the planning division of the Department of Science and Technology in the Ministry of Light Industry of China from 1984-1993.
Her career focus shifted from technology management to environment and development management, more specially sustainable industry development. Her interests are the development and application of environmental management strategies and tools in industry, such as cleaner prodcution, life-cycle management, corporate responsibiity, industrial ecology, etc. Her recent focus is on integrated approach for changing production and consumption patterns and alternative economic decelopment models. She is also interested in global governance, international co-operations and training. Ms. Zhao is a member of International Society of Industry Ecology. She serves on the board of Professionals Associtaion(PACE) for China's Environment and currently vise president of it. Ms. Zhao's majored in polymer process engineering in China and furthered her engineering training at the Canadian National Industrial Materials Institute from 1990-1992. She also advanced her training in technology management through a study on technology transfer during the time in Canada. To refresh her knowledge base, Ms. Zhao took an UN sabbatical programme in 2001 to carry out a study at Imperial College on strategies and tools for industry environmental management. |
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China
2008-2009 - Cohort 14
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Zheng Wei is the Corporate Grant Specialist for Plan International in China, and he is primarily responsible for implementing Plan China’s corporate-community partnership strategy with multinational companies in China, advising companies on how to do effective community programs within the China context. During his past two years and half with Plan, the organization has built up partnerships with a list of major Fortune 500 companies which include Anglo America, Atlas Copco, RBS, Microsoft, Target, JP Morgan, Hilton, Accor, etc, and has also announced one of the largest community investment projects in Asia with Nokia, a 9 million USD grant to support the rural pre-school education in China. Previously Zheng Wei worked in Canada’s leading energy company EnCana’s CSR project in Canada and worked in an international group which was created to help build the capacity of local NGOs in Calgary. Zheng Wei has an education background from the nationally prestigious Journalism School in People’s University of China, and he is also an explorer of social innovation through internet and media: being as the editor for www.governance.cn and a contributor of www.china-crossroads.com.
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China
1998-2000 - Cohort 7
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ZHENG Weidong is an assistant research fellow at the Research Institute on Economic Systems Reform, which is under the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems (SCRES). He is responsible for social survey research in the office of the 'Social Survey Network'. With colleagues, he is conducting a sampling survey on reform situation and social psychology, which is undertaken twice a year with urban residents in 53 cities. This work entails sampling, questionnaire design, data collection control, data processing and report writing. His findings based on analysis of this survey data have been published in several books and many newspapers.
His main areas of interest include population and sustainable development, survey techniques, computer science, and the progress and applications of social surveys in investigating environmental awareness. His bachelor's degree in management science is from Shandong University (1992) and his master's degree in population research is from Peking University (1995). He has also completed additional professional training in survey techniques. |
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China
2006-2007 - Cohort 12
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Dr Guo Wei-Hua is an Associate Professor and a young Ecologist in Shandong University, China. She teaches some courses such as Principles of Ecology, Physio-ecology and Experimental methods in Ecology for undergraduates and graduate students. Furthermore, she presides over a project funded by the Outstanding Young Scientists Foundation Grant of Shandong Province. As the first author, she published several papers in international English Journals, such as in Journal of Arid Environments, Biochemical Systematic and Ecology, Acta Botanica Sinica, Journal of Forestry Research.
Dr Guo accomplished her Post Doctoral research in Beijing Normal University, Geography, 2004-2006. She received her PhD in Shandong University, Ecology, 2001-2004 and MSc in Shandong University, Ecology, 1998-2001. She was born in 1968. She has a husband and a lovely daughter of 11 years old. Her special interests of relevance to LEAD are leadership skill building and interdisciplinary debate. |
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China
1997-1999 - Cohort 6
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China
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Dr. Ye Weizuo was graduated from the Geophysics Department of Peking University in 1968, and received a master's degree and doctorate in the 80s from the Graduate School of the University of Science and Technology in China and National Center for atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the U.S. respectively. Dr. Ye has wide interests, and as such he gradually diverted his career from 'hard science' to 'soft science'. In 1991 and 92' he worked with IGBP (International Geosphere and Biosphere Program) in Stockholm, and, after that, he had two years of working experience at UNDP Beijing Office as senior advisor for sustainable development. Ye Weizuo has been affiliated to CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) for some 20 years and now he is devoting much time and energy to LEAD's undertaking as LEAD-China academic coordinator.
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Southern and Eastern Africa
1996-1998 - Cohort 5
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Mr. W. B. Papu is a Project Manager for Africon's Training and Communication Division for the Eastern Cape region and is responsible for the overall business planning and development of the office. Africon, with a staff complement of more than 600 professionals, is a South African-based, international consultancy providing multi-disciplinary services in engineering, infrastructure - related development and management, see www.africon.com
From 1991 - 1992 worked for the Department of Education and Culture as a science and biology educator. In 1993 he joined the Science Education Project as Science Educator based at the University of Port Elizabeth. In 1996-1997 he joined Ubuntu Environment Trust as its Executive Director. In 1998 -2001, he worked for the Southern Africa Environment Project, a US registered NGO as its Managing Director. It is during this period he became involved in issues related to sustainable development. He has presented numerous papers and has participated in research in collaboration with a number of SA academic institutions. He has also presented lectures to graduate students at Rhodes University on Environmental Management issues in SA from the NGO perspective. He has also presented papers at the World Economic Forum, represented environmental NGOs in NEPA meetings in the US. He was part of the team of consultants that developed the EIA guidelines on behalf of the Lesotho government. He has under the USAID grant conducted workshops on Local Agenda 21 for Labour Unions, Municipality officials, Community Based Organizations and NGO's of the western region of the Eastern Cape. He was also very vocal on media about the economic and environmental sustainability of the Coega project. He holds a B Sc Ed, University of the Western Cape, Certificate in Environmental Education, Rhodes University and he is currently completing a Masters in Environmental Management at Stellenbosch University. |
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Europe
2006-2007 - Cohort 12
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I work as a consultant with TEAM-B Environment mainly focussing on terrestial biodiversity. I have an MSc in Applied Ecology and Conservation from the University of East Anglia (UEA, UK) and a BSc in Zoology from the National University of Rwanda.
I also serve as the UK Liaison Officer for the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS), a UK-based charity working to promote sustainable development in east and central Africa. In addition I sit on a number of church and charitable committees. I live in England with my family. |
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China
1995-1997 - Cohort 4
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CAO Wendao is Deputy Director in the planning office of the Poverty Alleviation Program, where he implements, coordinates and evaluates programs. He is interested in agricultural issues, sustainable development and natural resources management. He has a bachelor's degree in agronomy from Anhui Agricultural University in China, a master's degree in economics from the People's University in China, and a special diploma in social development from the Coady International Institute in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Europe
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China
1999-2001 - Cohort 8
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LI Wenjun is an associate professor at the Center for Environmental Sciences, Peking University. She completed her Ph.D. degree on nature resources planning and management at Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (1997). Recent Years, she has been engaged in research of nature resources conservation, especially ecotourism in protected areas. She has chaired 4 projects about ecotourism, which are supported by National Nature Sciences of China, UNESCO MAB Program, Canada International Development Agency (CIDA), and the State Environmental Protection Administration respectively. She has published 20 papers in academic journals including some in SCI journals and international symposiums. She is a winner of UNESCO Young Scientists Award (Year 2000) for MAB Program. Besides research, she also teaches a graduate-level course in GIS (Geographic Information System) Applications in Environmental Management and Planning.
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China
2006-2007 - Cohort 12
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Zhou Wentao, graduated from Liaoning University in 2005 with bachelor degree in Physics. During her study in Resources and Management Institute, she obtained excellent scores and some honorable titles such “excellent student cadreâ€, and “excellent program hostâ€, etc. She has engaged in Environment Protection NGO activities since her early years. During study in college, she was the chairwoman of Liaoning University’s “Liuzhou†Environment Protection Association. She worked in Tongze law firm during the period from July to Dec. 2005. Now she is the department chief of Liaoning Province Environment Protection Volunteer Union. Her main duties include: recruiting and managing members, organizing programs and activities for the members, also responsible for the daily management, finance, programs and composing of basic materials. She her become the department chief, almost 1000 people have become the members of the Union. And each year will hold large scale activates which yielded great effects. She is open minded, warm hearted with good professional qualities and abilities of analyzing and solving problems, and strong sense of participation and spirit of cooperation.
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Anglophone and West Africa
2000-2002 - Cohort 9
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Wesley Daniel NAFARNDA is a lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Abuja, Nigeria. He lectures students and carry out research in the area of Veterinary Environmental Health, Veterinary Public Health, Biostatistics,Zoonotic diseass, Animal waste and effluent disposal and control, Food hygiene and Epidemiology.
Before joining the University of Abuja, he was a chief Lecturer and head of department of Animal Health and Production Technology at the Adamawa State College of Agriculture Mubi,Adamawa state Nigeria, the President, Academic Staff Union of the College of Agriculture Mubi from 1994 to 1997 and 2003 t0 2006.He was also the Divisional Veterinary Officer for Madagali Local Government Area in Adamawa State, Nigeria between 1991 to 1993,and Secretary General for the Cattle Rearers Association Mubi branch, 1993.Currently he is the Deputy Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universirty of Abuja and the Secretary of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, University of Abuja Chapter. He has carried out several research work, some of which are published in reputable journals. He has also attended many of the Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association Conferences and is an very active registered member of the body. His primary focus and interest is on the effects of animal wastes on the environment and public health.He is currect a director with an NGO- Community enterprises Opportunities, a local NGO working on Education on Sustainable development and Poverty Alleviation in the rural areas of Adamawa State. W.D. Nafaranda is a Veterinary Doctor by training, with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria, a Master degree of Veterinary Public Health (MVPH) and a Doctorate degree (PhD)in Veterinary Public Health from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His PhD research work was on the Implications of abattoir wastes on the Environment and public health in Ibadan and Yola, Nigeria. He has several publications on animal waste, the environment and public health related areas. He is married to Bar. Gwaatia Laraba and blessed with two daughters, Sarah and Marilyn.Presently he is the Deputy Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Abuja. |
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Southern and Eastern Africa
2005-2006 - Cohort 11
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Whynie Jeaneene ADAMS is a Research Project Manager with the national Department of Social Development (DSD) in Pretoria, South Africa. Ms. Adams’ duties include the following: initiating and managing inter – disciplinary and multi-sectoral social sciences research projects including writing project proposals and specifications; commissioning research contracts; designing, managing and monitoring research activities; evaluating research reports and advising on policy and programme implications of research findings.
Ms. Adams holds a MA – degree in Research Psychology from the University of South Africa (UNISA, 2003). She obtained her Honours degree in Research Psychology at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in 1993. In 2001 Ms. Adams was awarded a bursary to attend the SADC/Rhodes International Certificate on Environmental Education at Rhodes University. This two-month course was divided into four themes namely (1) Environmental issues and risks; (2) Responding to the environmental crisis; (3) Environmental Education Methods and Processes and (4) Curriculum development, Programme Development and Materials Development for Environmental Education Processes. Prior to joining the Department of Social Development, Ms Adams was employed as a senior researcher in the Integrated Rural and Regional Development (IRRD) Research Programme at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). She has worked extensively on education related research projects, e.g. Environmental Education Curriculum Development (1997); Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) (1997 – 2001) and Second International Information Technology in Education Study (SITES) (2001). Ms. Adams is an international GLOBE trainer and was the South African GLOBE co-ordinator. GLOBE is an international science and environmental education programme and involved training teachers in undertaking environmental observations and liaising between the different GLOBE participants. Part of her duties as GLOBE co-ordinator included establishing contact with and liaising with external partners in the field of environmental education. She was also responsible for organising various workshops, e.g. GLOBE teacher training workshops and has assisted with the organising of other events, e.g. the SITES workshop (2001), the HSRC’s participation at the WSSD in Johannesburg in 2002, etc. Her research interest and work since 2001 includes rural development, focusing on the social, sustainable and environmental aspects thereof. Research topics here include the following: South African migration: Causes and Consequences; Land Tenure and HIV/AIDS and Community Based Tourism Development. She has been the author and co-author of various research reports on these and other topics. |
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Indonesia
1996-1998 - Cohort 5
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She works for the Ministry of the Environment, in the division of Atmopshere and Climate Change. She is currently responsible for implement ozone layer protection program in Indonesia.. Previously she has involved in the development of a Cleaner Production Program, since it was introduced and established in Indonesia in 1993. The objective of the program is to reduce and minimize pollution load by implementing cleaner production approach. The activities include provide technical assistance to industrial sector, facilitate training and awareness program, and develop technical guidelines and publications.
Prior her job as the government official, from 1990 to 1993 she worked as a design engineer in the consultant company. She worked for a drinking water system improvement project in Jakarta, which was funded by the World Bank. Ms. Tri Widayati obtained a first and second degree from the Faculty of Environmental Engineer, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). She participated as a participant or resource person in several certified courses including Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Auditor, Cleaner Production Technology, and Hazardous Waste Management that were carried out either in Indonesia or other country. |
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