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James Schweithelm's professional interest is the sustainable management and conservation of forests in tropical areas of Asia and the Pacific. He has worked for the past two decades on a variety of topics including watershed management, rural land-use planning, forest policy, and management of national parks and other protected areas. He has worked for a total of nine years in Indonesia at field sites on most of the major islands of the archipelago. His most recent Indonesia assignment was as Forest Officer of the World Wide Fund for Nature Indonesia. He is currently working as a consultant from his home in Volcano, Hawaii.