This document provides a detailed CV for Lars-Gunnar Blomkvist, a Swedish natural resources management specialist with over 50 years of experience working in forestry and sustainable development projects around the world. It outlines his education and qualifications, languages spoken, country experience, areas of specialization, professional experience starting from 1961 through present day, and details of experience on specific projects from 1992 to present. The CV demonstrates extensive international experience leading and advising on forestry, agroforestry, certification, and sustainable natural resource management projects across Asia, Africa, and South America.

1. Lars-Gunnar Blomkvist
Natural Resources Management Specialist
Förrådsgatan 3, 642 60 Malmköping, Sweden
Indonesian contact point: Jl. Jati Padang Utara dalam A6, Jakarta Selatan 12540,
Indonesia, tel +62 021 788 1525
e-mail forestlgb@hotmail.com Skype: forestlgb
Mobile +46 765 923 500, +62 813 983 28808
____________________________________________________________________ July 2015
Date of Birth: 9 October 1938 (Sweden)
Nationality: Swedish
Civil status: Divorced. Three daughters (born in 1985, 1988 and 2004)
Education: Royal College of Forestry, Stockholm 1961 to 1966, M Sc Forestry
University of Lund, September 1958 to June 1959 Studies in
mathematics, 75 points1
University of Stockholm, September 1969 to September 1970, Studi es in
mathematical statistics, 60 points
Course in tropical forest botany under the guidance of Dr. P.S. Ashton,
forest botanist, Malaysia, Pasoh Forest Reserve, November 1975
Reading Speaking Writing
Languages: Swedish (native) 5 5 5
English 5 5 5
French 4 2 1
German 3 2 1
Bahasa Indonesia 4 4 2
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Country experience: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Central African Republic, China, Congo
(Brazzaville), Finland, France, Germany, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,
Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, United
Kingdom, Vietnam
SPECIAL INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE
- Management of natural resources by or in collaboration with the resident communities;
related policy reform; approaches to sustainable resource management through stakeholder
involvement, participatory land use planning, local autonomy, systems for checks and balance
in the forest sector incl cooperation with local NGOs for the purpose; forest certification
- Sustainedproductivity, generating cash flows that contribute to rural livelihood, as well
as maintenance and protection of natural resources
- Substantial technical experience in program and project planning, natural resource
policy formulation and strengthening of involved institutions.
- Eight years experience with project management in Indonesia and eight years covering
the complete project cycle in Asian Development Bank
1 Grade according to the EU Bologna system

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- Direct experience with resource protection and management with the re sident
communities as implementing agents on community lands, and with strengthening of local
government
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
2014 May to present Collaboration with Indonesian parties to set up a travel agency to
bring in tourists from Scandinavia for nature and adventure
tourism (www.indietours.co.id )
2012 Jan to present Part-time work with forest certification for Soil Association/
Woodmark, (UK-based non-profit organisation
http://www.sacert.org/woodmark ) accredited Lead Auditor (FSC
FM) and accredited auditor of the recently inaugurated Indonesia
PECF/IFCC forest management audit scheme for sustainable
forestry
2011 Jan to Dec Short-term consultancies on certification combined with
support to Social Forestry development in West Kalimantan
2008 (July) to 2010 (June) Project Leader, Aceh Forest and Environment Project (AFEP)
2005 to April 2008 Short-term work in Indonesia for IFC, EC, DFID (MFP) and
Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs/ADB; proposal writing for
various firms
2003 (November) Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
to 2004 December Province-level Coordinator and Forest Management
Adviser, South and Central Kalimantan Production Forest Project,
EC
2000 (October) to 2002 West Kalimantan, Indonesia
(September) Team Leader for Social Forestry Development
Project, GTZ
1995 to 2000 (September) Stenka Forestry AB, (consulting company, now defunct) Bjärred,
Sweden, Senior Forestry Consultant
1989-1995 (September) SGS SILVICONSULT, Sweden
Senior Forestry Consultant
1981-88 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB), Manila, Philippines
Forestry Specialist
1978-80 Self-employed forestry consultant, S E Asia, based in Manila,
Philippines
1976-77 SWEDISH MATCH CO/PROVIDENT TREE FARMS, Philippines
Forestry Specialist
1971-75 JAAKO PÖYRY CO/INTERFOREST, Stockholm, Sweden
Forestry Specialist
1967-69 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

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Associate Expert, Forest Inventory, Cambodia
1965-66 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SWEDISH FOREST OWNERS'
ASSOCIATIONS, Sweden,
Assistant to the Forestry Director
1961-65 Forestry College studies
1957-61 Military service, Forest work, Apprenticeship

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DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE
2012 Jan till present: part-time work with Soil Association UK for supervision of
its Woodmark programme in Indonesia for certification of sustainable forest management,mainly
in accordance with FSC standards, since Sept 2013 as leadauditor. In December 2014 accredited
as auditor of the Indonesian PEFC/IFCC audit scheme for sustainable forest management.
2011 March: certification work on temporary contracts.
2011 Feb – May Collaboration with the Foundation for Social Forestry (YPSBK) in
Sanggau, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, for the preparation and conduct of a study to evaluate
the development of farm forestry in Sanggau and Sekadau,including identification of factors that
influence decision-making at farm level in a situation of de facto national and local policy
vacuum, and recommendations aiming at enhancing efficiency, productivity and sustainable
livelihood
2010 October Pre-certification (legal origin) of the forest operations of a large pulp
and paper company in Indonesia
2008 (Jul) to 2010 (June) Project Leader, Aceh Forest and Environment Project
(AFEP) funded by Multi Donor Fund after the 2004 tsunami and supervisedby World Bank; The
project was implemented by the Leuser International Foundation, an NGO established in 1996
for the management of the Leuser Ecosystem. Collaboration with province government, 13
district governments, local NGOs and communities to protect the Ecosystem, about 2.3 million
ha of natural forest, with unique flora and fauna., to map and plan the resources (which included
input into the development of a province-level spatial plan, yet to be finalised), to manage the
resources sustainably and to incorporate environmental concerns in local government budgets
and annual plans.
The work involved all aspects of project management, from recruitment and
personnel administration to surveys, stakeholder consultations and periodic reporting and
presentation of results. The project started its phasing-out and exit phase in January 2010.
2008 February – April, Formulation of a small-holder forest management project
on non-state land in the District of Sekadau, West Kalimantan, Indonesia with the aim of fitting
into either the CDM or REDD context.
2007 (Sept-Dec) Work for EC (EU-Indonesia FLEGT Support Project) on an analysis
of the possible impact in Indonesia of a Voluntary PartnershipAgreement aiming at the control
of illegal logging. (Jan-March) Work for IFC/PENSA, Indonesia: wood supply to Small and
Medium-size Enterprises in the wood-working sector, especially furniture; prospects of long-term
sustainable wood raw material supply from forest farms, including certification or verification of
legal origin to comply with international requirements.
2006 Assistance to consulting companies in writing project proposals.
2006 (November – December) study on decentralisation of natural resource
management sponsored by ADB for the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs.
2005 Work with the Association of Indonesian Logging Concessionaires (APHI,
Jakarta) to formulate a national-level forest development programme with popular support,
aiming at enhanced wood production and employment
2005 (May – June and October - December) For IFC/PENSA, Indonesia, Community
Forestry Feasibility Study, explore employment opportunities for the local population within
logging concessions (rattan harvesting and processing of logging waste wood), improved relations
with forest communities and promoted corporate social responsibility; case study within one
concession in East Kalimantan, assessment of available wood volumes, cost and investment
estimates, survey of the community situation, recommendations for support to the community
to handle the proposed harvesting and processing, and follow-up discussions with authorities
and the Association of Logging Concessionaires.
2003 (November) till 2004 (December) Agrer, Brussels, Province-level Coordinator
and Forest Management Advisor in the 2nd and concluding phase of the EU-funded South and
Central Kalimantan Production Forest Project. In charge of co-operation with Regional Forest
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promoting sustainable forest management through revised techniques, approaches to and
policies for forest resource management, forest land use, and land management responsibilities.
- Illegal logging and resource decline were identifiedas symptoms of malfunctioning systems;
rectification would be difficult, unless alternative revenue sources and employment could be
developed. Follow-up recommendations to GOI, NGOs, donors and other stakeholders.
2003 (March to June), DFID and World Bank, coordinator and agro-forestry
specialist for technical studies in preparation of a proposed project for the rehabilitation of
watersheds in Java through community-based forestry/ agro-forestry. In spite of strong support
from district governments and the Department of Home Affairs the project concept was not
followed up due to unresolved questions on land use rights. (The Ministry of Forestry have since
UNDP prepared a follow-up, apparently with limited progress so far).
2003 (January, February) Proposal writing for GFA Terra and for own team of
consultants, for projects on management of watersheds and degraded lands
2000 (October) to 2002 (September) GFA-Terra, Hamburg for GTZ, Team Leader for
Social Forestry Development Project, in Sanggau, West Kalimantan, with the objective of
developing a model for social forestry (in this case management of natural forest as well as rubber
gardens and other lands) by Dayak communities, as groups or individuals, in accordance with
traditional patterns within the regional and national context, including legal/regulatory, land
management, institutional and technical aspects. Team development, operational planning,
budget control and accounting, supervision and guidance of consultants and
contacts/negotiations with authorities. The project worked with the communities in a 100.000
ha large forest area with the development of the related technical, organizational andregulatory
systems and interacted with regional and national authoritie s to provide guidance in the
formulation of a regulatory framework and in policy making. A comprehensive model was tested,
described and submitted to local and central authorities as a basis for policy considerations,
national and regional legislation etc.
1999 (June) to 2000(September) STENKA Forestry AB, in charge of business
development, preparation of proposals, implementation of Preparation and Training for Forest
Certification in Honduras (IADB).
2000 (Sept) Assessment for Dutch Kerhout and SGS of CIB, a logging company in
the Republic of Congo/Congo-Brazzaville.
1999 (July – October) and July 2000, Government of Indonesia/BAPPENAS (National
Planning Agency)/World Bank, Land Administration Project, Forest component; exploring
alternatives to current policies and systems for land use and land allocation, land conflict
resolution, sustainable resource management and allocation of management and protection
responsibilities, with comprehensive recommendations.
1995 (September) to1999 (June) Forest management advisor/component head in a
EU sponsored forest protection programme in Palawan, Philippines. Zoning of the forest area
following a graded system of protection and restrictions on utilisation,building up of and support
to environmental functions in Local Government Units, design of forest management and
protection plans in collaboration with local governments, NGOs and forest-dwelling
communities, on-the-job training of surveyors, forest managers, tribal leaders etc.; seminars,
workshops and presentations to promote sustainable management concepts and methods based
on devolution to lowest practical level; forest policy work including supervision of a wood
consumption survey for a wood balance for the province of Palawan, measures tostimulate small-
holder tree farming on clearly allocated land. Collaboration on resource protection with farmer
and fisherfolk communities living around the St Paul’s National Park.
1989 (July) to 1995 (August) SGS SILVICONSULT/SGS Forestry
Preparation of project proposals; technical support to current projects; business development,
development of procedures for forest management certification (pioneer days of FSC), and chain-
of-custody certification. Assistance to forest estates in Southern Sweden with the drafting of
long-term forest management plans. Short-term field assignments overseas.
1995, September Review of the plantation and logging activities of a private forest
company in the Philippines with recommendations on preparation for certification according to
the FSC Principles and Criteria. This included inquiries with NGOs, local administrators and
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1995, May-June Review of the past performance of the EU-funded ASEAN Timber
Technology Centre (Kuala Lumpur) and proposals for the design of a possible second phase of
the Centre's activities, for EC
1995, February Review of CIB, a private logging operation in Congo-Brazzaville, to
assess compliance with Congolese forestry and environmental legislation, for IFC. (I came back
in September 2000 for follow-up work. In 2005 the company was FSC-certified.)
1994, September - December Ruteng Nature Recreation Park in Flores
Island, Nusa Tengara, Indonesia, for Ministry of Forestry/ADB (under contract with Chemonics
International Inc.), an environment and ecotype conservation project aiming at protection of
biologically sensitive areas, conservation of the last remnants of natural forest in the island and
improvement of the living conditions of the resident population in the area; development of a
Forest and Biodiversity Management Plan for the Park incl. a four-year budget for forest-related
activities.
1994, February – March Indonesia, Forestry Institutions and Conservation Project
(proposed Forestry III), World Bank/SGS Silviconsult, proposals strengthening of the Ministry of
Forestry, human resource development and steps towards sustainable management of the
natural forests including a Forest Inspection System, in support of the emerging Lembaga Eko-
Label Indonesia (Indonesian Eco-Labelling Organisation, LEI). Much time was spent with NGOs
invited by former Minister for Population and the Environment, Professor Emil Salim, to explore
practical forms of field audit, practical criteria and reliable indicators of compliance. LEI is
functioning since 1998.
1994, January-February Bainings Community Forestry Project, East New Britain,
Papua New Guinea, Pacific Heritage Foundation/private UK-based wood trading company (a
member of “Group 95” – a WWF initiative to promote trade in sustainably produced timber
goods); audit for preliminary certification of a community-based operation with logging and
primary processing into sawn wood.
1993, April-June Proposed Forestry Institutions and Conservation Project (Forestry
III) in Indonesia for the World Bank and FAO, (see above), proposals for the National Forest
Inventory and the establishment of a Dipterocarp Research Centre in East Kalimantan
1993, June-October Silviconsult/SGS representative in Jakarta,
preparing business proposals and organizing the first seminar for the Ministry of Forestry on
forest products eco-labelling in September 1993
1993, October Indonesia, Perum Perhutani State Forest Corporation/Rain Forest
Alliance/Smartwood (New York). Field audit together with staff from Indonesian NGOs of the
plantation activities of P.Perhutani in Java, for the purpose of renewing certification under the
Smartwood Program. The certification was stepwise revoked, essentially due to overexploitation
and neglected replanting.
1993, March Logging company in Guyana, Preliminary field audit of a logging
operation.
1992, November and 1993, July and November China, Greenhouse Gas
study for the World Bank and GEF; development of simple spreadsheet models for the evaluation
of reforestation programmes from the point of view of investment, wood volume production, fuel
substitution and carbon absorption /release potentials
1992 , October, proposal work for SIDA, Sweden, on the long-term SIDA-supporte d
forest development programme in Vietnam, including a visit to the project sites in Hanoi and
northern provinces.
1992, August- September Central African Republic, Rural development of the
M'baere Region, African Development Bank. Environmental Impact Assessment and
identification of features to be incorporated in a proposed second phase of the Project. – The
proposed project was not implemented.
1991, October-November, 1992, January-February and March-April (three missions):
Forest Management and Conservation Project in Laos, WB/GEF. Forest Policy and Planning
consultant for the preparation of the project. (Implemented.)

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1991, January-February Planning of plantation establishment (fast-growing
pulp wood plantations) for a private client in Sumatra, Indonesia (implemented). In the planting
season of 1991 this project planted more than all the ADB-funded forestry projects together
during my 8 years with the bank.
1990, July-August Technical supervision of Household Energy Study in Nigeria for
FORMECU/World Bank.
1990, October Appraisal of the Lao-Swedish Forestry Cooperation Programme in
Laos with emphasis on natural forest management, plantation establishment and community
forestry. (SIDA, Sweden).
1990, March Appraisal of a proposed Industrial Forest Plantation Project in the
Philippines/ADB, including surveys of proposed plantation areas in Mindanao.
1981, January - 1989, January ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, Philippines,Forestry
Specialist. Project identification, formulation, appraisal and administration in Bangladesh,
Indonesia,Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan,Philippines,Sri-Lanka,from 1984 as mission leader,
including programming and policy dialogue. Most of these projects had a rural development
component based on community forestry, aside from silviculture management of plantations and
natural forest.
(During this period I also managed an agroforestry farm of 17 ha, located 6 km west of Butuan
City, Mindanao, with about 10 more or less landless families living in andaround the farm. I did
this at my own initiative and expense with the objective of gaining practical experience of the
biological as well as the social aspects of agro-forestry and rural development.)
1978, September – 1980, December Self-employed FORESTRY CONSULTANT,
Manila, Philippines
- Feasibility study of the log supply to a wood based industry complex in Laos, based on extensive
field surveys (Asian Development Bank, October-November 1977).
- Forest surveys and design of development strategies for the forestry and forest based industries
in the Vientiane plain, Laos (Silviconsult/SIDA 1978, 1979 and 1980).
- Identification of a forestry component of a proposed integratedrural development project in
Palawan, the Philippines. (ADB August 1979)
- Thailand Northern Rural Development Project, estimates of plantation costs, labour
consumption and investment costs (World Bank July-August 1978).
- Review of forestry aspects of the transmigration Programme, Indonesia (World Bank October-
November 1979). In retro-respect I am pleased to say that my report made the WB review
selection criteria for the transmigration programme, aiming at sparing primary forest areas.
- Design of the Forestry component of an integratedrural development project in Palawan, the
Philippines, ADB and the French consulting firm SATEC (June -August 1980). The component
included identification of forest areas in need of protection, strengthening of the local office es of
the forest service for more efficient watershed protection and protection against uncontrolled
logging in areas identified as ecologically significant, and the establishment of plantations for
watershed protection and fuelwood production purposes.
1976 (January) to 1977 (September) SWEDISH MATCH (PHILIPPINES)/PROVIDENT
TREE FARMS Forestry Specialist and Assistant to the Managing Director
Surveys and special studies on logging concessions in Indonesia and logging and plantation
operations in the Philippines (Samar, Mindoro, Agusan Valley in Mindanao). Management of
2000 ha of match wood plantations in Mindoro in cooperation with the resident population.
1971 (January) to 1975 (December) JAAKKO PÖYRY & Co/INTERFOREST
(consulting company), Stockholm, Sweden, Forestry Specialist, technical forestry studies in
Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Main projects: design, field supervision,
verification and data compilation of a forest resource inventory in North Vietnam during the
American bombings in 1972, for a pulp and paper mill in Vietnam (for SIDA); a regional survey
of raw material sources in SE Asia for the FAO 1975 world consultation on wood based panels
(covering India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand).
1967 (January) to 1969 (July) FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE
UNITED NATIONS (FAO) Forest inventory of the slopes of the Cardamoms Mountains, Cambodia.
So called Associate Expert (funded by SIDA), photo interpretation, planning of field work,
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maintenance, compilation of results. This includedextensive fie ld trips and long periods of work
in the forest, including contacts with the local population serving as guides and labour
1965 (May) to 1966 (December) NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FOREST OWNERS
ASSOCIATIONS (SSR), Stockholm, Sweden. The Federation members own forest lots of 20 to 100
ha or sometimes bigger, usually in conjunction with farm land. They often take charge
themselves of all necessary forest and farm work. I worked as Assistant to the Forestry Director,
with education campaigns among forest owners on silviculture, the use of fertilizers in forestry,
growth and volume assessments,forest policy etc, including the writing and editing of instruction
books and training material.
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Computer skills: Word for Windows. Excel, Power Point, e-mail and internet, Facebook,
digital photo processing in Adobe Photoshop
Publications: numerous reports which are the property of the respective employer or client.
Other publications include
Preliminary checklist for identification of tree species in St Paul’s Park, Palawan, Philippines
(covering more than 60 species of beach and lowland rain forest), 1999
Instruction for fire fighting by locally mobilised teams, Palawan, Philippines, 1997
Interests: swing clarinet, digital photography, recreational running
Jakarta 8 Sept 2014
Lars-Gunnar Blomkvist