Gary is a co-founder and Director of Business and Research Development at Daemeter Consulting. Gary holds a PhD in Biology from the University of Michigan in the USA, and has lived in Indonesia periodically since 1991. He has conducted original research on the basic ecology of lowland rain forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan, studying influences of soil and geology on species composition and ecosystem dynamics, as well as the development of novel biodiversity survey methods. He is a specialist on the ecology of species in the Dipterocarpaceae, especially in Kalimantan, and has experience using forest certification standards to improve forest management, especially the identification and management of High Conservation Value (HCV) areas. Along with Aisyah Sileuw, Gary coordinated the national initiative to revise the HCV Toolkit for Indonesia, completed in 2008.
E-mail: gary.paoli[at]daemeter.org
