Sunday 8 May 1977

"About Me" as of recent CURRICULUM VITAE

He started to breath a life on a day of Monday, 8th May 1977 then becomes a CURRICULUM VITAE

1. SHORT PROFILE

Born 8th May 1977, Mabah village of Dayak Kerambai tribe, West Kalimantan, Borneo island. He was trained at pedagogy and education faculty on English teaching at Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, West Kalimantan. Holding certificates on environmental leadership program, research, journalist, fire prevention, teaching, human rights & indigenous peoples in the international system, sustainable forest management, and sustainable palm oil. Co-author published domestic and published international books. Experience speaker and resource person in seminars, conferences, workshops, and symposium both regional and international fora Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Finland, France, Japan, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam. Active member of Executive Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil represents Sawit Watch (2008-2012). Currently he lives in Bogor, West Java and works with TuK INDONESIA, Jakarta. Volunteer and activist worked with WALHI Kalbar (2002-2004) and Sawit Watch (2004-2012). June 2013-2016, Executive Director of TuK INDONESIA. Senior Advisor for TuK INDONESIA (July 2016-2017). Consultant for Forest Peoples Programme (2013), Oxford Management Office for MFP-III (2015), and ELSAM (Feb-April 2017). Founder and Supervisory Board of Oil Palm Farmers Union (Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit/SPKS, 2006-2007). Active individual member of Friends of the Earth Indonesia (WALHI Kalbar), Sawit Watch (Bogor) and VOX Point Indonesia (Jakarta).

2. WORK EXPERIENCES

Volunteer and campaigner staff of Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia Kalimantan Barat (WALHI Kalbar), Friends of the Earth Indonesia West Kalimantan chapter (2002-2004); volunteer, staff, head division, and head department, Sawit Watch (2004-2012); Executive Director, TuK INDONESIA (2013-2016); senior advisor TuK INDONESIA (2017-present); and consultant to Forest Peoples Programme (UK) (2017-present).

3. SPEAKER FOR INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE EVENTS

Selected (1) Political Economy of Rights Recognition: Scaling up Communities’ and IP’s Forest Resource Rights: Challenges and Opportunities, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Asia Pacific Forestry Week 2016 (24 Feb 2016); (2) Human rights and business implications for trade and investments in land and natural resources, International Seminar, by Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) 15 April 2015; (3) Access to effective remedy at international financial institutions? Challenges and opportunities of non-judicial grievance mechanisms. Side event at the Third Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights by Accountability Counsel, SOMO, Inclusive Development International. Palais de Nations, Room XXII (1-3 Dex 2014); (4) International Conference Human Rights and Agribusiness in Southeast Asia, Nurturing and managing hopes with the Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet amidst profit accumulations by large scale land acquisition, Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, RECOFTC, and Forest Peoples Programme, Yangon (4-6 Nov 2014); (5) Sustainable solutions for forests and communities pada Chico Vive Conference: The Legacy of Chico Mendes and the Global. Grassroots Environmental Movement, American University School of International Service, Washington DC (4-6 April 2014); (6) Bangkok Workshop on Human Rights and Agribusiness in Southeast Asia by Thailand National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), Forest Peoples Programme (UK) and RECOFTC (7-9 Aug 2013); (7) SSNC palm oil private sector debate, Stockholm, Sweden (26 Sept 2012); (8) Diplomacy Training Programme of the University of New South Wales, Australia. “Human Rights Advocacy and Business: A Capacity Building Program for Advocates in the Asia Pacific.” A training for lawyers and advocates in Asia and the Pacific jointly organised by Business Watch Indonesia, Human Rights Working Group and Oxfam International (13-18 June 2011); (9) “How palm oil production affects food production and human rights”, links to the politics of biofuel and EU, Seminar on Food Sovereignty, by Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), Sweden (26-Oct-2010); (10) 'Biofuels in Southeast Asia: Challenge to Social Sustainability – Chance for Green Jobs? A Closer Look ‐ Biofuels and Social Sustainability in SEA. FES-Germany International Conference (7-8 Oct 2010); (11) Trends and Experiences in Indonesia, rest of SE Asia and PNG. Regional Meeting on Palm Oil Expansion, Land Rights and Strategies for Change, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines (22-23 Aug 2010); (12) CIRAD Workshop: NGOs IN/OUT RSPO. A reflexive moment with two presentations (1) The political economy of the Indonesian palm oil industry – a critical reflection and (2) NGO’s Voices in RSPO – Social NGO Perspectives, CIRAD, Montpellier (26-27 Nov 2009); (13) Seminar on “Sustainability certificates for agroenergy: Guardrail or lubricant for trade with re-growing energy resources? Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Hotel, Berlin, Germany (4 Nov 2008); (14) Civil Society Climate and Justice Conference, Sida Civil Society Center, Harnosand, Sweden (25-27 Aug 2008); (15) Biofuel Symposium on “Accelerating development of palm plantation by the international biofuel boom”, JICA Building, by Global Environmental Forum & Friends of the Earth Japan, Tokyo (21 May 2008); (16) the Social Session of the Asia Pacific Forestry Week, In Search of Acceptable Survival, RECOFTC and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Hanoi, Vietnam National Conference (22 April 2008); (17) “Moving forward in the international struggle against monoculture tree plantations”, by World Rainforest Movement International (WRM), Johannesburg, South Africa, (1-5 Nov 2007); (18) The Tokyo International Forum, on following themes: (1) Corporate Forum “How to realize responsible raw material sourcing – CSR learned from Palm Oil” and (2) Public Symposium “Lively Forest and People of Borneo – Save Asian forest by the people in Asia” (10 Oct 2007); (19) International Conference on Alternatives to Corporate-led Globalization and Regional Integration, Asia Pacific Network for Food Sovereignty, Cebu, the Philippines (9-10 Dec 2006); (20) International Exchange Meeting with Brazilian Soy Coalition, by CEBRAC-Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, (22-23 Aug 2006); (21) Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Session at the Third World Water, Otsu Prince Hotel, Shiga, Japan (21 March 2003); (22) Preparatory Meeting of the Third World Water Forum, Kyoto International Conference Hall (KICH) Kyoto, Japan (22-22 Nov 2002).

4. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS

Selected (1) Technical Workshop on Awareness Raising on Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) (13-15 Aug 2013); (2) Drafting Workshop of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation FPIC Guideline (Douala, Cameroon, October 2012); (3) The Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, Washington DC (8-11 April 2013); (4) Expert workshop ‘Developing an FPIC Verification and Evaluation Toolkit for UN REDD, RECOFTC (17-18 May 2010); (5) The IUCN NL High Level Dialog on Biomass Based Economy (BBE), the IUCN Netherlands (26-27 April 2010); (6) Right and Resource Initiative Group, Amazon Alliance, and Forest Peoples Programme workshop on tenure, indigenous peoples and climate change, the IUCN World Conservation Congress (8 Oct 2008); (7) The workshop on palm oil controversy in transnational perspective, “The Political Economy of the Indonesian Palm Oil Industry: A Critical Analysis”, the Institute of Southeast Asia Studies, Singapore, National University of Singapore, and Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat, Bonn-Germany and National University of Singapore (2-4 March 2009); (8) workshops on free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), by RSPO, CICOM, Forest Peoples Programme, and Sawit Watch, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia (12-14 Aug 2008); (9) international workshop: Great Mekong Sub-region Countries Workshop on Extractive Industries and Agribusiness (27-28 Sept 2007); (10) Verification Working Group (VWG) physical meeting of the RSPO, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (17-18 May 2007); (11) RSPO public consultation on verification protocols, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 19-20 April 2007); (12) The 2nd physical meeting of the Smallholders Task Force of the RSPO, Singapore (21 Nov 2006); (13) The 4th Trilateral Indonesia-Malaysia-Netherlands (Public Private Partnership/PPP) Meeting, Indonesian Palm Oil Commission (IPOC), Palembang, Indonesia (13-14 Sept 2006).

5. INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

Selected (1) Seminar Series on Preparing Copenhagen: Climate Change and Development Issues, ‘Climate change, palm oil and development with focus on greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil production’, Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC) in (1) University of Jvaskula, (2) University of Tampere, and (3) University of Helsinki, Finland (14-19 Oct 2009); (2) International Symposium on the role of business in biodiversity conservation – from the field of palm oil production, Challenges of Palm Plantation Development and the Role of RSPO, United Nations University, Tokyo (17 Feb 2009); (3) International Workshops on Peoples’ Right under the Palm Oil Boom in Indonesia under the perspective of “Regionalism and Identity in Asia Pacific”, by Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Hosei University, Tokyo (1 Dec 2007) and Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University (3 Dec 2007).

6. MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION ON PALM OIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES

Members of various RSPO working groups and task forces including (1) RSPO Criteria Working Group (2004-2005); (2) Certification Working Group (2005-2006); (3) co-leader RSPO Task Force on Smallholders (2007-2010); (4) Greenhouse Gas Working Group (2009-2010); (5) New Planting Procedure Working Group (2009-2010); (6) interim RSPO Certification Panel (2008-2009); (7) co-leader Ad Hoc Working Group on High Conservation Values in Indonesia (2010-2011); and (8) RSPO Principles and Criteria Review Task Force (2012-2013); (9) Expert Consultation on the Implementation Guide on Agricultural Investment and Access to Land, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Bangkok, (18-20 January 2012); (10) Member of lead discussant team to review of the World Bank Group’s Framework for Engagement in the Palm Oil Sector – DRAFT, July 2010; and (11) Expert panel for RECOFTC UNREDD FPIC Implementation Evaluation Toolkit, Chiang Mai, Thailand (May 2010).

7. THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL PROCEDURES CONSULTATIONS AND PARTICIPATIONS

Selected (1) Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Palais de Nation, Geneve, Swiss (1-3 December 2014); (9) Contributing participant of the Drafting Workshop of Implementation Guide on Land Acquisition, Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Customary Land of Indigenous Peoples and Other Local Communities (FAO and FPP), Douala, Cameroon (13-15 March 2012); (3) Regional Consultation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Rights to Foods – Prof. Oliver Schutter, submitting presentation on Indonesia: palm oil development on indigenous peoples’ lands, PAN AP, Kuala Lumpur (23-24 March 2010); (4) The Asia Regional Consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People, Phnom Penh, Kamboja (9-11 Feb 2007); The Asia Regional Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Communal Land, Kompong Cham, Kamboja (14-16 Feb 2007); The Asia Regional Prepmeeting on United Nations Human Rights (UNHR), Kompong Cham, Cambodia (17-18 Feb 2007).

8. SELECTED CO-AUTHOR BOOKS AND REPORTS ON PALM OIL ISSUES

(1) Independent Review of the Social Impacts of Golden Agri Resources' Forest Conservation Policy in Kapuas Hulu District, West Kalimantan. (January 2014);
http://www.forestpeoples.org/topics/palm-oil-rspo/publication/2014/independent-review-social-impacts-golden-agri-resources-forest
(2) Conflict or Consent? The oil palm sector at a crossroads (7 November 2013);
http://normankerambai.blogspot.co.id/www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2013/11/conflict-or-consentenglishlowres.pdf
(3) The political ecology of the Indonesian palm oil industry: A critical analysis. (2013;
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0dPXjl1dXOMb1d6NndmSU9LVTg/edit
(4) Human Rights and Agribusiness: Plural Legal Approaches to Conflict Resolution, Institutional Strengthening and Legal Reform. (2012);
http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2012/09/bali-proceedings-2012.pdf
(5) Competing Water Claims in Biofuel Feedstock Operations in Central Kalimantan. Community Grievances and Pathways to Improved Governance of Oil Palm Concessions. SEI, WALHI & Sawit Watch (2012);
http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-WorkingPaper-Larsen-CompetingWaterClaimsInBiofuel-2012.pdf
(6) Securing rights through commodity roundtables? A comparative review (2012);
http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2012/11/securing-rights-through-commodity-roundtables-comparative-review.pdf
(7) Securing High Conservation Values in Central Kalimantan
http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2012/08/final-report-field-investigation-rspo-ad-hoc-wg-hcv-indo-july-20113.pdf
(8) Indigenous Peoples and Oil Palm Plantation Expansion in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. May 2009
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Publications/files/report/RP0247-09/RP0247-09-1.pdf
(9) Ghosts on our Own Land: Indonesian Oil Palm Smallholders and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. November 2006
http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2011/02/ghostsonourownlandtxt06eng.pdf
(10) Promised Land: Palm oil and land acquisition in Indonesia – Implications for local communities and indigenous peoples. November 2006
http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2010/08/promisedlandeng.pdf

9. SELECTED PUBLISHED ARTICLES ON PALM OIL ISSUES

(1) Moratorium Is Not Panacea. The Jakarta Post; (2) Making Palm Oil Well. UNEP Our Planet Magazine; (3) MIFE Must Benefit Papuans, Everyone. The Jakarta Post.

10. ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE

TuK INDONESIA (Transformasi untuk Keadilan Indonesia, Transformation to Justice, Indonesia)
Bilingual website: www.tuk.or.id

11. PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA

Blogspot: http://normanjiwankerambai.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @NormanJCWN
Facebook: Norman

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About Me

Born 8th May 1977, Mabah village of Dayak Kerambai tribe, West Kalimantan, Borneo island. He was trained at pedagogy and education faculty on English teaching at Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, West Kalimantan. Holding certificates on environmental leadership program, research, journalist, fire prevention, teaching, human rights & indigenous peoples in the international system, sustainable forest management, and sustainable palm oil. Co-author published domestic and international books. Experience speaker and resource person in seminars, conferences, workshops, and symposium both regional and international fora including in Brazil, Cambodia, Finland, France, Japan, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Philippines, United States, and Vietnam. Active member of Executive Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil represents Sawit Watch (2008-2012). Currently he lives in Bogor. Volunteer and activist works with WALHI Kalbar (2002-2004) and Sawit Watch (2004-2012). June 2013-2016, Executive Director of TuK INDONESIA. Consultant for Forest Peoples Programme (2013), MFP-III (2015), and ELSAM (2017).

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