Before joining FAO, Mr Dohong has been serving as Senior Advisor to the Minister for Environment and Head of the Environment Control Agency of the Republic of Indonesia from December 2024. From October 2019 to October 2024, he was Vice-Minister in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia.

Mr Dohong started his career in 1994 as Lecturer Staff at the University of Palangka Raya, Indonesia, specialising in Peatland Restoration and Environment, and Sustainable Development within the Master’s Programme of Natural Resources and Environment. From 2003 to 2011, he was Kalimantan Site Coordinator of the Wetlands International-Indonesia Programme in Palangka Raya, Indonesia. From 2011 to 2013, he worked as Expert in the Central Kalimantan REDD+ Liaison Office. From 2016 to September 2019, he was Deputy Head for Construction, Operation and Maintenance (COM) for the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) in Indonesia. 

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