3rd International Conference on Coastal Zones and Oceanography
Robert Hewat
Independent Environmental & Social Impact management consultant, Papindo / Clear Intercultural
Biography
Robert Hewat is an independent consultant with over 25 years’ experience working with government, communities, NGOs, bi- and mulit-lateral development organizations and resource companies with a focus on social ecology, indigenous community empowerment and sustainable management of natural resources in Indonesia and Melanesia. This includes working as the Papua Landscape Advisor for the USAID Indonesia Forest and Climate Support Program (2013-2015), which involved facilitating participatory social, economic and ecological research and supporting multi-stakeholder planning for adaptive-collaborative management of the Mimika-Asmat coastal wetlands.